JetBlue Airways Corporation reported its preliminary traffic results for July 2019. Traffic in July increased 5.3 percent from July 2018, on a capacity increase of 5.6 percent. Load factor for July 2019 was 88.6 percent, a decrease of 0.3 points from July 2018. JetBlue’s preliminary completion factor for July 2019 was 98.4 percent and its on-time (1) performance was 70.2 percent.
JetBlue continues to expect third-quarter revenue per available seat mile (RASM) to range between 0.5 and 3.5 percent.
JETBLUE AIRWAYS TRAFFIC RESULTS | ||||||||||
July 2019 | July 2018 | % Change | ||||||||
Revenue passenger miles (000) | 5,006,350 | 4,755,179 | 5.3 | % | ||||||
Available seat miles (000) | 5,650,058 | 5,350,842 | 5.6 | % | ||||||
Load factor | 88.6 | % | 88.9 | % | -0.3 pts. | |||||
Revenue passengers | 3,958,393 | 3,940,085 | 0.5 | % | ||||||
Departures | 32,434 | 32,705 | (0.8 | )% | ||||||
Average stage length (miles) | 1,142 | 1,096 | 4.2 | % | ||||||
Y-T-D 2019 | Y-T-D 2018 | % Change | ||||||||
Revenue passenger miles (000) | 31,522,310 | 29,663,847 | 6.3 | % | ||||||
Available seat miles (000) | 37,116,128 | 34,513,241 | 7.5 | % | ||||||
Load factor | 84.9 | % | 85.9 | % | -1.0 pts. | |||||
Revenue passengers | 25,149,599 | 24,743,681 | 1.6 | % | ||||||
Departures | 214,710 | 212,439 | 1.1 | % | ||||||
Average stage length (miles) | 1,150 | 1,093 | 5.2 | % | ||||||
(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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Released: 08/12/2019