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JetBlue Airways Reports December Traffic
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ: JBLU) reported its preliminary traffic results for December 2019. Traffic in December 2019
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[{"type":"text","content":" NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nJetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ: JBLU) reported its preliminary traffic results for December 2019. Traffic in December 2019 increased 5.7 percent from December 2018, on a capacity increase of 4.4 percent. Load factor for December 2019 was 82.4 percent, an increase of 1.0 points from December 2018. JetBlue’s preliminary completion factor for December 2019 was 99.3 percent and its on-time (1) performance was 66.7 percent.\n\n\nFourth quarter revenue per available seat mile (RASM) is expected to decrease approximately 2.7 percent year-over-year.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nJETBLUE AIRWAYS TRAFFIC RESULTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nDecember 2019\n\n\n\nDecember 2018\n\n\n\n% Change\n\n\n\n\n\nRevenue passenger miles (000)\n\n\n\n4,603,228\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n4,354,643\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n5.7\n\n\n\n%\n\n\n\n\n\nAvailable seat miles (000)\n\n\n\n5,587,522\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n5,352,847\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n4.4\n\n\n\n%\n\n\n\n\n\nLoad factor\n\n\n\n82.4\n\n\n\n%\n\n\n\n81.4\n\n\n\n%\n\n\n\n1.0 pts.\n\n\n\n\n\nRevenue passengers\n\n\n\n3,626,992\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n3,536,377\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n2.6\n\n\n\n%\n\n\n\n\n\nDepartures\n\n\n\n31,356\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n31,658\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n(1.0\n\n\n\n)%\n\n\n\n\n\nAverage stage length (miles)\n\n\n\n1,161\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n1,128\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n2.9\n\n\n\n%\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nY-T-D 2019\n\n\n\nY-T-D 2018\n\n\n\n% Change\n\n\n\n\n\nRevenue passenger miles (000)\n\n\n\n53,616,780\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n50,790,104\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n5.6\n\n\n\n%\n\n\n\n\n\nAvailable seat miles (000)\n\n\n\n63,840,680\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n59,880,815\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n6.6\n\n\n\n%\n\n\n\n\n\nLoad factor\n\n\n\n84.0\n\n\n\n%\n\n\n\n84.8\n\n\n\n%\n\n\n\n-0.8 pts.\n\n\n\n\n\nRevenue passengers\n\n\n\n42,727,694\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n42,149,989\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n1.4\n\n\n\n%\n\n\n\n\n\nDepartures\n\n\n\n368,355\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n366,619\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n0.5\n\n\n\n%\n\n\n\n\n\nAverage stage length (miles)\n\n\n\n1,140\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n1,096\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n4.0\n\n\n\n%\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(1) The U.S. Department of Transportation considers on-time arrivals to be those domestic flights arriving within 14 minutes of schedule.\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nJetBlue is New York's Hometown Airline®, and a leading carrier in Boston, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood, Los Angeles (Long Beach), Orlando, and San Juan. JetBlue ca...