NEW YORK, Dec. 6, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- JetBlue Airways Corporation (Nasdaq:JBLU) reported today that its traffic in November increased 23.5 percent from November 2004, on a capacity increase of 26.4 percent.
Load factor for November 2005 was 81.9 percent, a decrease of 1.9 points from November 2004. JetBlue's completion factor was 99.9 percent and its on-time(a) performance was 74.6 percent.
JETBLUE AIRWAYS TRAFFIC RESULTS
November November % Change
2005 2004
Revenue passenger miles (000) 1,708,154 1,382,976 23.5
Available seat miles (000) 2,084,661 1,649,814 26.4
Load factor 81.9% 83.8% (1.9) pts.
Revenue passengers 1,296,612 1,049,453 23.6
Departures 10,305 8,051 28.0
YTD 2005 YTD 2004 % Change
Revenue passenger miles (000) 18,350,214 14,284,225 28.5
Available seat miles (000) 21,470,777 17,147,602 25.2
Load factor 85.5% 83.3% 2.2 pts.
Revenue passengers 13,307,273 10,687,145 24.5
Departures 100,685 81,914 22.9
SOURCE: JetBlue Airways Corporation
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(a) The U.S. Department of Transportation considers on-time arrivals to be those domestic flights arriving within 14 minutes of schedule.
(b) DIRECTV(r) service is not available on flights between JFK or Newark and Puerto Rico or the Dominican Republic; however, FOX InFlight is offered complimentary on these routes. FOX InFlight is a trademark of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. JetBlue's in-flight entertainment is powered by LiveTV, a wholly owned subsidiary of JetBlue.
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