JetBlue Airways Reports October 2013 Traffic

NEW YORK, NY — (Marketwired) — 11/12/13 — JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ: JBLU) reported its preliminary traffic results for October 2013. Traffic in October increased 7.1 percent from October 2012, on a capacity increase of 10.9 percent.

Load factor for October 2013 was 81.4 percent, a decrease of 2.9 points from October 2012. JetBlue’s preliminary completion factor was 99.9 percent and its on-time (1) performance was 87.0 percent. JetBlue’s preliminary passenger revenue per available seat mile (PRASM) for the month of October increased four percent year over year. For the month of November, PRASM is expected to decrease between zero and one percent year over year.