Published on : Saturday, January 12, 2019
Fourth quarter revenue per available seat mile (RASM) is expected to increase approximately 2.4 percent year-over-year. This is consistent with our prior guidance range of 1.5 to 3.5 percent. December revenue trends performed as expected. Higher than expected completion factor negatively impacted fourth quarter RASM by approximately 0.3 points.
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JETBLUE AIRWAYS TRAFFIC RESULTS |
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| December 2018 | December 2017 | % Change | |||||||
| Revenue passenger miles (000) | 4,354,643 | 4,079,287 | 6.8 | % | |||||
| Available seat miles (000) | 5,352,847 | 4,931,590 | 8.5 | % | |||||
| Load factor | 81.4 | % | 82.7 | % | -1.3 pts. | ||||
| Revenue passengers | 3,536,377 | 3,430,346 | 3.1 | % | |||||
| Departures | 31,658 | 30,659 | 3.3 | % | |||||
| Average stage length (miles) | 1,128 | 1,091 | 3.4 | % | |||||
| Y-T-D 2018 | Y-T-D 2017 | % Change | |||||||
| Revenue passenger miles (000) | 50,790,104 | 47,239,706 | 7.5 | % | |||||
| Available seat miles (000) | 59,880,815 | 56,007,224 | 6.9 | % | |||||
| Load factor | 84.8 | % | 84.3 | % | 0.5 pts. | ||||
| Revenue passengers | 42,149,989 | 40,038,090 | 5.3 | % | |||||
| Departures | 366,619 | 353,681 | 3.7 | % | |||||
| Average stage length (miles) | 1,096 | 1,072 | 2.2 | % | |||||
(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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