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JetBlue Airways Reports April Traffic

May 12, 2015 4:05 PM EDT

NEW YORK, NY -- (Marketwired) -- 05/12/15 -- JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ: JBLU) reported its preliminary traffic results for April 2015. Traffic in April increased 9.0 percent from April 2014, on a capacity increase of 6.6 percent. Load factor for April 2015 was 85.7 percent, an increase of 1.8 points from April 2014. JetBlue's preliminary completion factor was 99.4 percent and its on-time (1) performance was 80.4 percent. JetBlue's preliminary passenger revenue per available seat mile (PRASM) for the month of April increased approximately four percent year over year.

JETBLUE AIRWAYS TRAFFIC RESULTS

                                    April 2015      April 2014    % Change  
                                                                            
Revenue passenger miles (000)  3,461,591           3,177,121    9.0%        
                                                                            
Available seat miles (000)     4,037,798           3,786,371    6.6%        
                                                                            
Load factor                    85.7%               83.9%        1.8 pts.    
                                                                            
Revenue passengers             2,922,624           2,689,260    8.7%        
                                                                            
Departures                     26,187              24,695       6.0%        
                                                                            
Average stage length           1,093               1,099        (0.6)%      
                                                                            
                                    Y-T-D 2015      Y-T-D 2014    % Change  
                                                                            
Revenue passenger miles (000)  13,083,206          11,838,926   10.5%       
                                                                            
Available seat miles (000)     15,456,450          14,205,489   8.8%        
                                                                            
Load factor                    84.6%               83.3%        1.3 pts.    
                                                                            
Revenue passengers             11,017,470          10,021,955   9.9%        
                                                                            
Departures                     100,010             92,847       7.7%        
                                                                            
Average stage length           1,096               1,096        0.0%        

(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 32 million customers a year to 88 cities in the U.S., Caribbean and Latin America with an average of 875 daily flights. Upcoming destinations include Reno-Tahoe, Nev. on May 28; Grenada on June 11; and Albany, NY on December 10, 2015. For more information please visit JetBlue.com.

   CONTACTS JetBlue Investor Relations  Tel: +1 718 709 [email protected] Corporate Communications  Tel: +1 718 709 [email protected]

Source: JetBlue



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