JetBlue Airways Reports August Traffic
JetBlue Airways Reports August Traffic
12-Sep-2013
JetBlue Airways Corporation [NASDAQ: JBLU] reported its preliminary traffic results for August 2013. Traffic in August increased 6.2 percent from August 2012, on a capacity increase of 7.2 percent.
Load factor for August 2013 was 86.8 percent, a decrease of 0.8 points from August 2012. JetBlue's preliminary completion factor was 99.9 percent and its on-time (1) performance was 72.6 percent. JetBlue's preliminary passenger revenue per available seat mile (PRASM) for the month of August increased three percent year over year. For the month of September, PRASM is expected to increase between 7.5 and 8.5 percent year over year.
JETBLUE AIRWAYS TRAFFIC RESULTS |
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August 2013 |
August 2012 |
% Change |
|
Revenue passenger miles (000) |
3,484,015 |
3,281,250 |
6.2% |
Available seat miles (000) |
4,016,063 |
3,744,903 |
7.2% |
Load factor |
86.8% |
87.6% |
-0.8 pts |
Revenue passengers |
2,928,154 |
2,795,097 |
4.8% |
Departures |
26,268 |
24,403 |
7.6% |
Average stage length |
1,093 |
1,097 |
-0.4% |
Y-T-D 2013 |
Y-T-D 2012 |
% Change |
|
Revenue passenger miles (000) |
24,626,898 |
22,965,586 |
7.2% |
Available seat miles (000) |
28,917,326 |
27,004,730 |
7.1% |
Load factor |
85.2% |
85.0% |
0.2 pts |
Revenue passengers |
20,930,564 |
19,777,445 |
5.8% |
Departures |
190,058 |
178,486 |
6.5% |
Average stage length |
1,120 |
1,084 |
3.3% |
(1) The U.S. Department of Transportation considers on-time arrivals to be those domestic flights arriving within 14 minutes of schedule.