NEW YORK, May 10, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ --JetBlue Airways Corporation (Nasdaq: JBLU) reported its preliminary traffic results for April 2010. Traffic in April increased 6.0 percent from April 2009, on a capacity increase of 6.1 percent.
Load factor for April 2010 was 80.5 percent, a decrease of 0.1 points from April 2009. JetBlue's preliminary completion factor was 99.5 percent and its on-time(1) performance was 85.4 percent. JetBlue's preliminary passenger revenue per available seat mile for the month of April increased four percent year over year.
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JETBLUE AIRWAYS TRAFFIC RESULTS
April 2010 April 2009 % Change
Revenue passenger miles (000) 2,355,342 2,222,990 6.0%
Available seat miles (000) 2,926,238 2,757,046 6.1%
Load factor 80.5% 80.6% (0.1) pts.
Revenue passengers 2,036,012 1,954,278 4.2%
Departures 19,058 18,336 3.9%
Average stage length 1,094 1,069 2.3%
Y-T-D 2010 Y-T-D 2009 % Change
Revenue passenger miles (000) 8,825,317 8,262,496 6.8%
Available seat miles (000) 11,349,858 10,699,535 6.1%
Load factor 77.8% 77.2% 0.6 pts.
Revenue passengers 7,564,345 7,245,158 4.4%
Departures 73,425 71,350 2.9%
Average stage length 1,100 1,066 3.2%
So relatively steady LFs and a 4% PRASM rise over last year, even with a 6 increase in capacity. That's a pretty solid set of numbers.
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