JetBlue Airways has reported its preliminary traffic results for September 2019. Traffic in September increased by 3.4 % from September 2018, on a capacity increase of 2.5 %. Load factor for September 2019 was 80.3 %, an increase of 0.6 points from September 2018. JetBlue’s preliminary completion factor for September 2019 was 97.9 % and its on-time (1) performance was 82.0 %.
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) to 0.0 percent.
JETBLUE AIRWAYS TRAFFIC RESULTS
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September 2019
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September 2018
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% Change
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Revenue passenger miles (000)
|
4,017,553
|
3,887,279
|
3.4
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%
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Available seat miles (000)
|
5,000,853
|
4,879,717
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2.5
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%
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Load factor
|
80.3
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%
|
79.7
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%
|
0.6 pts.
| |
Revenue passengers
|
3,204,711
|
3,201,811
|
0.1
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%
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Departures
|
29,119
|
29,838
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(2.4
|
)%
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Average stage length (miles)
|
1,120
|
1,091
|
2.7
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%
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Y-T-D 2019
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Y-T-D 2018
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% Change
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Revenue passenger miles (000)
|
40,445,698
|
38,271,431
|
5.7
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%
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Available seat miles (000)
|
47,761,629
|
44,712,920
|
6.8
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%
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Load factor
|
84.7
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%
|
85.6
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%
|
-0.9 pts.
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Revenue passengers
|
32,252,135
|
31,853,890
|
1.3
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%
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Departures
|
276,467
|
274,853
|
0.6
|
%
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Average stage length (miles)
|
1,140
|
1,093
|
4.3
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%
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(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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