JetBlue Airways Reports December 2014 Traffic

NEW YORK, NY — (Marketwired) — 01/13/15 — JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ: JBLU) reported its preliminary traffic results for December 2014. Traffic in December increased 5.6 percent from December 2013, on a capacity increase of 7.2 percent.

Load factor for December 2014 was 81.6 percent, a decrease of 1.3 points from December 2013. JetBlue’s preliminary completion factor was 99.5 percent and its on-time (1) performance was 80.3 percent. JetBlue’s preliminary passenger revenue per available seat mile (PRASM) for the month of December decreased six percent year over year. For the fourth quarter 2014, PRASM is expected to be relatively flat compared to last year.

For the fourth quarter 2014, we expect our realized fuel price per gallon, including the impact from hedging and fixed forward price agreements, to be $2.70.