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JetBlue Airways Reports October Traffic

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 2018October 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 2018Y-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.

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 40 million customers a year to 100+ cities in the U.S., Caribbean, and Latin America with an average of 1,000 daily flights. For more information please visit jetblue.com.

Contacts:

JetBlue Investor Relations
Tel: +1 718 709 2202
ir@jetblue.com
or
JetBlue Corporate Communications
Tel: +1 718 709 3089
corpcomm@jetblue.com

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