NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ:JBLU) reported its preliminary traffic results for October 2019. Traffic in October 2019 increased 6.2 percent from October 2018, on a capacity increase of 6.7 percent. Load factor for October 2019 was 82.5 percent, a decrease of 0.4 points from October 2018. JetBlue’s preliminary completion factor for October 2019 was 99.6 percent and its on-time (1) performance was 80.7 percent.
JetBlue continues to expect fourth quarter revenue per available seat mile (RASM) to range between (3.5) and (0.5) percent.
JETBLUE AIRWAYS TRAFFIC RESULTS |
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October 2019 |
October 2018 |
% Change |
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Revenue passenger miles (000) |
4,309,280 |
|
4,057,717 |
|
6.2 |
% |
Available seat miles (000) |
5,222,111 |
|
4,896,391 |
|
6.7 |
% |
Load factor |
82.5 |
% |
82.9 |
% |
-0.4 pts. |
|
Revenue passengers |
3,448,803 |
|
3,374,128 |
|
2.2 |
% |
Departures |
30,254 |
|
30,215 |
|
0.1 |
% |
Average stage length (miles) |
1,131 |
|
1,085 |
|
4.2 |
% |
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Y-T-D 2019 |
Y-T-D 2018 |
% Change |
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Revenue passenger miles (000) |
44,754,978 |
|
42,329,148 |
|
5.7 |
% |
Available seat miles (000) |
52,983,740 |
|
49,609,312 |
|
6.8 |
% |
Load factor |
84.5 |
% |
85.3 |
% |
-0.8 pts. |
|
Revenue passengers |
35,700,938 |
|
35,228,018 |
|
1.3 |
% |
Departures |
306,721 |
|
305,068 |
|
0.5 |
% |
Average stage length (miles) |
1,139 |
|
1,092 |
|
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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