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JetBlue Airways Reports April Traffic

JBLU | May 11, 2016

JetBlue Airways Reports April Traffic

JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ:JBLU) reported its preliminary traffic results for April 2016. Traffic in April increased 8.6 percent from April 2015, on a capacity increase of 10.8 percent.

Load factor for April 2016 was 84.1 percent, a decrease of 1.6 points from April 2015. JetBlue’s preliminary completion factor was 99.3 percent and its on-time (1) performance was 78.9 percent. JetBlue’s preliminary revenue per available seat mile for the month of April decreased approximately 12.5 percent year over year.


JETBLUE AIRWAYS TRAFFIC RESULTS

	April 2016	April 2015	% Change
Revenue passenger miles (000)	3,760,747	3,461,591	8.6%
Available seat miles (000)	4,472,393	4,037,798	10.8%
Load factor	84.1%	85.7%	-1.6 pts.
Revenue passengers	3,129,098	2,922,624	7.1%
Departures	27,747	26,187	6.0%
Average stage length (miles)	1,111	1,093	1.6%

	Y-T-D 2016	Y-T-D 2015	% Change
Revenue passenger miles (000)	14,736,274	13,083,206	12.6%
Available seat miles (000)	17,500,974	15,456,450	13.2%
Load factor	84.2%	84.6%	-0.4 pts.
Revenue passengers	12,247,761	11,017,470	11.2%
Departures	108,986	100,010	9.0%
Average stage length (miles)	1,110	1,096	1.3%

(1) The U.S. Department of Transportation considers on-time arrivals to be those domestic flights arriving within 14 minutes of schedule.

JetBlue is New York's Hometown Airline™, and a leading carrier in Boston, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood, Los Angeles (Long Beach), Orlando, and San Juan. JetBlue carries more than 35 million customers a year to 96 cities in the U.S., Caribbean, and Latin America with an average of 900 daily flights. For more information please visit JetBlue.com.