JetBlue Airways Reports February Traffic - Up 2.6 Percent from 2012
By: Robert Diamond Mar. 13, 2013
JetBlue Airways Corporation [JBLU] reported its preliminary traffic results for February 2013. Traffic in February increased 2.6 percent from February 2012, on a capacity increase of 1.3 percent.
Load factor for February 2013 was 82.4 percent, an increase of 1.0 point from February 2012. JetBlue's preliminary completion factor was 96.1 percent and its on-time (1) performance was 68.8 percent. JetBlue's preliminary passenger revenue per available seat mile (PRASM) for the month of February decreased three percent year over year. For the month of March, PRASM is expected to increase between six and seven percent year over year.
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JETBLUE AIRWAYS TRAFFIC RESULTS |
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February 2013 |
February 2012 |
% Change |
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Revenue passenger miles (000) |
2,507,930 |
2,444,972 |
2.6% |
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Available seat miles (000) |
3,044,046 |
3,004,060 |
1.3% |
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Load factor |
82.4% |
81.4% |
1.0 pt. |
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Revenue passengers |
2,166,729 |
2,122,904 |
2.1% |
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Departures |
20,082 |
20,053 |
0.1% |
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Average stage length |
1,091 |
1,076 |
1.4% |
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Y-T-D 2013 |
Y-T-D 2012 |
% Change |
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Revenue passenger miles (000) |
5,296,651 |
4,953,903 |
6.9% |
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Available seat miles (000) |
6,458,310 |
6,111,714 |
5.7% |
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Load factor |
82.0% |
81.1% |
0.9 pts. |
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Revenue passengers |
4,554,420 |
4,287,091 |
6.2% |
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Departures |
42,627 |
40,706 |
4.7% |
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Average stage length |
1,090 |
1,076 |
1.3% |
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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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