JetBlue Reports Decrease in Load Factor

JetBlue Airways announced operational results for November 2017. The carrier said that its total traffic and capacity were up, while its load factor decreased for the month.

The New York-based airline’s passenger traffic was 3.74 billion revenue passenger miles, or RPMs, a year-over-year increase of 2.8% from 3.64 billion RPMs in the same period last year.

JetBlue’s capacity also rose, increasing 4.3% to 4.44 billion available seat miles, or ASMs, from 4.26 billion ASMs in November 2016.

Meanwhile, the carrier’s passenger load factor for the month was 84.2% a 1.2 percentage point decrease from 85.4% last November.

Looking ahead, the airline said its Q4 revenue per available seat mile or RASM should range from flat to a 1.5% increase year-over-year.

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