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JetBlue Airways Reports November Traffic
NEW YORK, Dec. 5, 2006 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- JetBlue Airways Corporation
(NASDAQ:JBLU) reported today that its traffic in November increased
11.7 percent from November 2005, on a capacity increase of 13.2
percent.
Load factor for November 2006 was 80.8 percent, a decrease of 1.1
points from November 2005. JetBlue's preliminary completion factor was
99.7 percent and its on-time(1) performance was 70.2 percent. "Our
progress this quarter continued in November, with passenger revenue per
available seat mile, or PRASM, up approximately 23% over last year,"
said David Neeleman, CEO of JetBlue.
JETBLUE AIRWAYS TRAFFIC RESULTS
Revenue passenger miles (000)
November 2006: 1,907,688
November 2005: 1,708,154
% Change: 11.7
Available seat miles (000)
November 2006: 2,359,862
November 2005: 2,084,661
% Change: 13.2
Load Factor
November 2006: 80.8%
November 2005: 81.9%
% Change: (1.1)
Revenue passengers
November 2006: 1,637,220
November 2005: 1,296,612
% Change: 26.3
Departures
November 2006: 14,634
November 2005: 10,305
% Change: 42.0
Average stage length
November 2006: 1,078
November 2005: 1,302
% Change: (17.2)
YEAR TO DATE STATS
Revenue passenger miles (000)
YTD November 2006: 21,288,228
YTD November 2005: 18,350,214
% Change: 16.0
Available seat miles (000)
YTD November 2006: 26,035,911
YTD November 2005: 21,470,777
% Change: 21.3
Load factor
YTD November 2006: 81.8%
YTD November 2005: 85.5%
% Change: (3.7)
Revenue passengers
YTD November 2006: 16,821,989
YTD November 2005: 13,307,273
% Change: 26.4
Departures
YTD November 2006: 143,295
YTD November 2005: 100,685
% Change: 42.3
Average stage length
YTD November 2006: 1,197
YTD November 2005: 1,367
% Change: (12.4)
