JetBlue Airways Reports January Traffic

JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ: JBLU) reported its preliminary traffic results for January 2019. Traffic in January increased 7.9 percent from January 2018, on a capacity increase of 9.9 percent.

Load factor for January 2019 was 80.4 percent, a decrease of 1.5 points from January 2018. JetBlue’s preliminary completion factor for January 2019 was 96.0 percent and its on-time ⁽¹⁾ performance was 69.4 percent. JetBlue continues to expect first quarter revenue per available seat mile (RASM) to range between (2.0) and 1.0 percent.

JETBLUE AIRWAYS TRAFFIC RESULTS
				January 2019				January 2018				% Change
Revenue passenger miles (000)				4,099,057				3,798,396				7.9	%
Available seat miles (000)				5,097,202				4,639,118				9.9	%
Load factor				80.4	%			81.9	%			-1.5 pts.
Revenue passengers				3,258,384				3,158,340				3.2	%
Departures				29,593				28,596				3.5	%
Average stage length (miles)				1,146				1,092				4.9	%

(1) The U.S. Department of Transportation considers on-time arrivals to be those domestic flights arriving within 14 minutes of schedule.

JetBlue is New York's Hometown Airline, and a leading carrier in Boston, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood, Los Angeles (Long Beach), Orlando, and San Juan. JetBlue carries more than 42 million customers a year to 100+ cities in the U.S., Caribbean, and Latin America with an average of 1,000 daily flights. For more information please visit jetblue.com.

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