JetBlue Airways Reports March Traffic
JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ: JBLU) reported its preliminary traffic results for March 2016. Traffic in March increased 12.1 percent from March 2015, on a capacity increase of 12.5 percent.
Load factor for March 2016 was 86.8 percent, a decrease of 0.4 points from March 2015. JetBlue's preliminary completion factor was 99.5 percent and its on-time (1) performance was 76.0 percent. JetBlue's preliminary revenue per available seat mile for the month of March decreased approximately seven percent year over year.
JETBLUE AIRWAYS TRAFFIC RESULTS |
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March 2016 | March 2015 | % Change | |
Revenue passenger miles (000) | 3,965,162 | 3,537,850 | 12.1% |
Available seat miles (000) | 4,567,104 | 4,057,967 | 12.5% |
Load factor | 86.8% | 87.2% | -0.4 pts. |
Revenue passengers | 3,309,300 | 2,998,769 | 10.4% |
Departures | 28,530 | 26,397 | 8.1% |
Average stage length (miles) | 1,106 | 1,090 | 1.5% |
Y-T-D 2016 | Y-T-D 2015 | % Change | |
Revenue passenger miles (000) | 10,975,527 | 9,621,615 | 14.1% |
Available seat miles (000) | 13,028,581 | 11,418,652 | 14.1% |
Load factor | 84.2% | 84.3% | 0.1 pts. |
Revenue passengers | 9,118,663 | 8,094,846 | 12.6% |
Departures | 81,239 | 73,823 | 10.0% |
Average stage length (miles) | 1,109 | 1,097 | 1.1% |
(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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