JETBLUE AIRWAYS REPORTS SEPTEMBER TRAFFIC
New York, NY (October 10, 2019) -- JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ: JBLU) reported its preliminary traffic results for September 2019. Traffic in September increased 3.4 percent from September 2018, on a capacity increase of 2.5 percent. Load factor for September 2019 was 80.3 percent, an increase of 0.6 points from September 2018. JetBlue’s preliminary completion factor for September 2019 was 97.9 percent and its on-time (1) performance was 82.0 percent.
Third quarter revenue per available seat mile (RASM) is expected to decrease approximately (0.9) percent year-over-year. This is consistent with our revised guidance range of (2.0) and 0.0 percent.
JETBLUE AIRWAYS TRAFFIC RESULTS
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| | September 2019 | September 2018 | % Change |
| Revenue passenger miles (000) | 4,017,553 |
| 3,887,279 |
| 3.4 | % |
| Available seat miles (000) | 5,000,853 |
| 4,879,717 |
| 2.5 | % |
| Load factor | 80.3 | % | 79.7 | % | 0.6 pts. |
|
| Revenue passengers | 3,204,711 |
| 3,201,811 |
| 0.1 | % |
| Departures | 29,119 |
| 29,838 |
| (2.4 | )% |
| Average stage length (miles) | 1,120 |
| 1,091 |
| 2.7 | % |
| | | | |
| | Y-T-D 2019 | Y-T-D 2018 | % Change |
| Revenue passenger miles (000) | 40,445,698 |
| 38,271,431 |
| 5.7 | % |
| Available seat miles (000) | 47,761,629 |
| 44,712,920 |
| 6.8 | % |
| Load factor | 84.7 | % | 85.6 | % | -0.9 pts. |
|
| Revenue passengers | 32,252,135 |
| 31,853,890 |
| 1.3 | % |
| Departures | 276,467 |
| 274,853 |
| 0.6 | % |
| Average stage length (miles) | 1,140 |
| 1,093 |
| 4.3 | % |
(1) The U.S. Department of Transportation considers on-time arrivals to be those domestic flights arriving within 14 minutes of schedule.
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