NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - October 12, 2015) - JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ: JBLU) reported its preliminary traffic results for September 2015. Traffic in September increased 13.3 percent from September 2014, on a capacity increase of 13.1 percent.
Load factor for September 2015 was 81.1 percent, an increase of 0.2 points from September 2014. JetBlue's preliminary completion factor was 99.6 percent and its on-time (1) performance was 80.0 percent. JetBlue's preliminary passenger revenue per available seat mile for the month of September increased approximately one percent year over year.
JETBLUE AIRWAYS TRAFFIC RESULTS
| |
| September 2015 |
| September 2014 |
| % Change
|
| Revenue passenger miles (000) |
| 3,097,703 |
| 2,734,933 |
| 13.3%
|
| Available seat miles (000) |
| 3,821,911 |
| 3,379,997 |
| 13.1%
|
| Load factor |
| 81.1% |
| 80.9% |
| 0.2 pt.
|
| Revenue passengers |
| 2,634,191 |
| 2,358,385 |
| 11.7%
|
| Departures |
| 24,966 |
| 22,700 |
| 10.0%
|
| Average stage length |
| 1,068 |
| 1,055 |
| 1.2%
|
| |
| Y-T-D 2015 |
| Y-T-D 2014 |
| % Change
|
| Revenue passenger miles (000) |
| 31,156,543 |
| 28,421,188 |
| 9.6%
|
| Available seat miles (000) |
| 36,632,481 |
| 33,557,565 |
| 9.2%
|
| Load factor |
| 85.1% |
| 84.7% |
| 0.4 pt.
|
| Revenue passengers |
| 26,189,651 |
| 24,090,704 |
| 8.7%
|
| Departures |
| 236,370 |
| 220,274 |
| 7.3%
|
| Average stage length |
| 1,092 |
| 1,088 |
| 0.4%
|
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(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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