JetBlue Airways Reports May Traffic

NEW YORK, NY -- (Marketwired) -- 06/10/15 -- JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ: JBLU) reported its preliminary traffic results for May 2015. Traffic in May increased 8.4 percent from May 2014, on a capacity increase of 7.8 percent.

Load factor for May 2015 was 85.7 percent, an increase of 0.5 points from May 2014. JetBlue's preliminary completion factor was 99.2 percent and its on-time (1) performance was 84.3 percent. JetBlue's preliminary passenger revenue per available seat mile (PRASM) for the month of May increased approximately one percent year over year. For the second quarter of 2015, PRASM is expected to increase between half and one and a half percent year over year.

                                                                            
                      JETBLUE AIRWAYS TRAFFIC RESULTS                       
                                                                            
                               May 2015       May 2014       % Change       
Revenue passenger miles (000)  3,468,055      3,199,276      8.4%           
Available seat miles (000)     4,048,048      3,755,844      7.8%           
Load factor                    85.7%          85.2%          0.5 pts.       
Revenue passengers             2,957,534      2,736,782      8.1%           
Departures                     26,594         24,952         6.6%           
Average stage length           1,074          1,077          (0.3)%         
                                                                            
                               Y-T-D 2015     Y-T-D 2014     % Change       
Revenue passenger miles (000)  16,551,261     15,038,202     10.1%          
Available seat miles (000)     19,504,498     17,961,332     8.6%           
Load factor                    84.9%          83.7%          1.2 pts.       
Revenue passengers             13,975,004     12,758,73      9.5%           
Departures                     126,604        117,799        7.5%           
Average stage length           1,091          1,092          (0.1)%         
                                                                            

(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 AirlineTM, 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 89 cities in the U.S., Caribbean and Latin America with an average of 875 daily flights. Upcoming destinations include Grenada on June 11; Mexico City on October 1; Antigua on November 5, subject to receipt of government operating authority and Albany, NY on December 10, 2015. For more information please visit JetBlue.com.

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Source: JetBlue

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