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JETBLUE AIRWAYS REPORTS OCTOBER TRAFFIC
New York, NY (November 13, 2018) -- JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ: JBLU) reported its preliminary traffic results for October 2018. Traffic in October increased 9.5 percent from October 2017, on a capacity increase of 8.9 percent.

Load factor for October 2018 was 82.9 percent, an increase of 0.5 points from October 2017. JetBlue’s preliminary completion factor was 99.4 percent and its on-time (1) performance was 78.8 percent. JetBlue continues to expect fourth quarter revenue per available seat mile (RASM) to range between 1.0 to 4.0 percent.

JETBLUE AIRWAYS TRAFFIC RESULTS
 
October 2018
October 2017
% Change
Revenue passenger miles (000)
4,057,717

3,704,188

9.5
%
Available seat miles (000)
4,896,391

4,496,694

8.9
%
Load factor
82.9
%
82.4
%
0.5 pts.

Revenue passengers
3,374,128

3,166,920

6.5
%
Departures
30,215

28,760

5.1
%
Average stage length (miles)
1,085

1,054

2.9
%
 
 
 
 
 
Y-T-D 2018
Y-T-D 2017
% Change
Revenue passenger miles (000)
42,329,148

39,416,452

7.4
%
Available seat miles (000)
49,609,312

46,628,185

6.4
%
Load factor
85.3
%
84.5
%
0.8 pts.

Revenue passengers
35,228,018

33,418,267

5.4
%
Departures
305,068

294,740

3.5
%
Average stage length (miles)
1,092

1,071

2.0
%

(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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