JetBlue Airways Corporation reported its preliminary traffic results for August 2012. Traffic in August increased 13.1 percent from August 2011, on a capacity increase of 12.8 percent.
Load factor for August 2012 was 87.6 percent, an increase of 0.3 points from August 2011. JetBlue's preliminary completion factor was 99.6 percent and its on-time (1) performance was 74.0 percent. JetBlue's preliminary passenger revenue per available seat mile (PRASM) for the month of August increased three percent year over year. For the month of September, PRASM is expected to decrease between three and four percent year over year.
Jetblue Airways Traffic Results
August 2012
August 2011
% Change
Revenue passenger miles (000)
3,281,250
2,900,026
13.1%
Available seat miles (000)
3,744,903
3,320,360
12.8%
Load factor
87.6%
87.3%
0.3 pts.
Revenue passengers
2,795,097
2,424,329
15.3%
Departures
24,403
21,105
15.6%
Average stage length
1,097
1,116
(1.7)%
Y-T-D 2012
Y-T-D 2011
% Change
Revenue passenger miles (000)
22,965,586
20,579,385
11.6%
Available seat miles (000)
27,004,730
24,838,362
8.7%
Load factor
85.0%
82.9%
2.1 pts.
Revenue passengers
19,777,445
17,662,060
12.0%
Departures
178,486
162,068
10.1%
Average stage length
1,084
1,092
(0.7)%
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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