JetBlue Airways Reports August Traffic

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ: JBLU) reported its preliminary traffic results for August 2018. Traffic in August increased 6.7 percent from August 2017, on a capacity increase of 4.8 percent.

Load factor for August 2018 was 88.7 percent, an increase of 1.6 points from August 2017. JetBlue’s preliminary completion factor was 97.4 percent and its on-time ⁽¹⁾ performance was 66.7 percent. JetBlue continues to expect third quarter revenue per available seat mile (RASM) to range between 1.0 to 3.0 percent. As reported on September 5^th, our updated RASM guidance largely reflects strong close-in demand.

JETBLUE AIRWAYS TRAFFIC RESULTS
	August 2018		August 2017		% Change
Revenue passenger miles (000)	4,720,305		4,423,182		6.7%
Available seat miles (000)	5,319,963		5,077,985		4.8%
Load factor	88.7	%	87.1	%	1.6 pts.
Revenue passengers	3,908,398		3,699,807		5.6%
Departures	32,576		31,794		2.5%
Average stage length (miles)	1,093		1,076		1.6%
	Y-T-D 2018		Y-T-D 2017		% Change
Revenue passenger miles (000)	34,384,152		32,432,253		6.0%
Available seat miles (000)	39,833,204		38,042,092		4.7%
Load factor	86.3	%	85.3	%	1.0 pts.
Revenue passengers	28,652,079		27,476,236		4.3%
Departures	245,015		239,840		2.2%
Average stage length (miles)	1,093		1,075		1.7%

(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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