American budget carrier, JetBlue Airways reported its preliminary traffic results for November 2018 earlier this week which showed a 9.7% increase in traffic with capacity up 10.6%.
JetBlue, New York's hometown airline saw its load factor drop ever so slightly to 83.5% for the month, while 99.3% of its flights continued as scheduled, with 71.2% arrived on time or within 14 minutes.
JETBLUE AIRWAYS TRAFFIC RESULTS
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| November 2018 | November 2017 | % Change | |||||||||||
| Revenue passenger miles (000) | 4,106,313 | 3,743,967 | 9.7 | % | |||||||||
| Available seat miles (000) | 4,918,656 | 4,447,449 | 10.6 | % | |||||||||
| Load factor | 83.5 | % | 84.2 | % | -0.7 pts. | ||||||||
| Revenue passengers | 3,385,594 | 3,189,477 | 6.1 | % | |||||||||
| Departures | 29,893 | 28,282 | 5.7 | % | |||||||||
| Average stage length (miles) | 1,102 | 1,066 | 3.4 | % | |||||||||
| Y-T-D 2018 | Y-T-D 2017 | % Change | |||||||||||
| Revenue passenger miles (000) | 46,435,461 | 43,160,419 | 7.6 | % | |||||||||
| Available seat miles (000) | 54,527,968 | 51,075,634 | 6.8 | % | |||||||||
| Load factor | 85.2 | % | 84.5 | % | 0.7 pts. | ||||||||
| Revenue passengers | 38,613,612 | 36,607,744 | 5.5 | % | |||||||||
| Departures | 334,961 | 323,022 | 3.7 | % | |||||||||
| Average stage length (miles) | 1,093 | 1,070 | 2.1 | % | |||||||||
(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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