NEW YORK—(BUSINESS WIRE)— JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ:JBLU) reported its preliminary traffic results for January 2017. Traffic in January increased 8.6 percent from January 2016, on a capacity increase of 7.7 percent.

Load factor for January 2017 was 83.3 percent, an increase of 0.7 points from January 2016. JetBlue’s preliminary completion factor was 97.9 percent and its on-time (1) performance was 72.8 percent. JetBlue’s preliminary revenue per available seat mile for the month of January decreased approximately 8.5 percent year over year. January revenue per available seat mile was negatively impacted by approximately 5 points due to holiday placement and the impact of winter weather last year.