/EINPresswire.com/ -- NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - November 11, 2015) - JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ: JBLU) reported its preliminary traffic results for October 2015. Traffic in October increased 11.8 percent from October 2014, on a capacity increase of 11.1 percent.

Load factor for October 2015 was 84.0 percent, an increase of 0.5 points from October 2014. JetBlue's preliminary completion factor was 99.4 percent and its on-time (1) performance was 80.9 percent. JetBlue's preliminary passenger revenue per available seat mile for the month of October decreased approximately two percent year over year.

                                                                            
                      JETBLUE AIRWAYS TRAFFIC RESULTS                       
                                                                            
                                   October 2015  October 2014  % Change     
                                                                            
Revenue passenger miles (000)      3,354,912     2,999,888     11.8%        
                                                                            
Available seat miles (000)         3,993,772     3,593,558     11.1%        
                                                                            
Load factor                        84.0%         83.5%         0.5 pt.      
                                                                            
Revenue passengers                 2,873,420     2,586,082     11.1%        
                                                                            
Departures                         25,869        23,821        8.6%         
                                                                            
Average stage length               1,072         1,067         0.5%         
                                                                            
                                   Y-T-D 2015    Y-T-D 2014    % Change     
                                                                            
Revenue passenger miles (000)      34,511,455    31,421,076    9.8%         
                                                                            
Available seat miles (000)         40,626,254    37,151,123    9.4%         
                                                                            
Load factor                        84.9%         84.6%         0.3 pt.      
                                                                            
Revenue passengers                 29,063,071    26,676,786    9.0%         
                                                                            
Departures                         262,239       244,095       7.4%         
                                                                            
Average stage length               1,090         1,086         0.4%         
                                                                            

(1) The U.S. Department of Transportation considers on-time arrivals to be those domestic flights arriving within 14 minutes of schedule.

JetBlue is New York's Hometown Airline™, and a leading carrier in Boston, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood, Los Angeles (Long Beach), Orlando, and San Juan. JetBlue carries more than 32 million customers a year to 92 cities in the U.S., Caribbean, and Latin America with an average of 900 daily flights. For more information please visit JetBlue.com.

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