JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ:JBLU) reported its preliminary traffic results for December 2015. Traffic in December increased 11.3 percent from December 2014, on a capacity increase of 9.5 percent.
Load factor for December 2015 was 83.0 percent, an increase of 1.4 points from December 2014. JetBlue’s preliminary completion factor was 99.7 percent and its on-time (1) performance was 70.1 percent. JetBlue’s preliminary passenger revenue per available seat mile for the month of December decreased approximately five percent year over year.
JETBLUE AIRWAYS TRAFFIC RESULTS | |||||||||
December 2015 | December 2014 | % Change | |||||||
Revenue passenger miles (000) | 3,799,484 | 3,414,451 | 11.3% | ||||||
Available seat miles (000) | 4,579,551 | 4,182,996 | 9.5% | ||||||
Load factor | 83.0% | 81.6% | 1.4 pts. | ||||||
Revenue passengers | 3,158,334 | 2,856,496 | 10.6% | ||||||
Departures | 28,502 | 26,774 | 6.5% | ||||||
Average stage length | 1,116 | 1,109 | 0.6% | ||||||
Y-T-D 2015 | Y-T-D 2014 | % Change | |||||||
Revenue passenger miles (000) | 41,710,627 | 37,813,488 | 10.3% | ||||||
Available seat miles (000) | 49,258,118 | 44,993,900 | 9.5% | ||||||
Load factor | 84.7% | 84.0% | 0.7 pt. | ||||||
Revenue passengers | 35,100,986 | 32,078,316 | 9.4% | ||||||
Departures | 316,505 | 294,800 | 7.4% | ||||||
Average stage length | 1,092 | 1,088 | 0.4% | ||||||
(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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