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JetBlue Airways Reports August Traffic

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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

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.