NEW YORK – JetBlue Airways Corporation reported its preliminary traffic results for September 2010. Traffic in September increased 14.6 percent from September 2009, on a capacity increase of 10.4 percent.

Load factor for September 2010 was 80.6 percent, an increase of 3.0 points from September 2009. JetBlue’s preliminary completion factor was 98.8 percent and its on-time (1) performance was 78.7 percent. JetBlue’s preliminary passenger revenue per available seat mile for the month of September increased ten percent year over year.

JETBLUE AIRWAYS TRAFFIC RESULTS

September 2010
September 2009
% Change

Revenue passenger miles (000)
2,200,608
1,919,917
14.6%

Available seat miles (000)
2,731,063
2,474,492
10.4%

Load factor
80.6%
77.6%
3.0 pts.

Revenue passengers
1,873,531
1,624,259
15.3%

Departures
17,750
16,321
8.8%

Average stage length
1,101
1,083
1.7%

Y-T-D 2010
Y-T-D 2009
% Change

Revenue passenger miles (000)
21,295,419
19,612,405
8.6%

Available seat miles (000)
26,213,559
24,570,347
6.7%

Load factor
81.2%
79.8%
1.4 pts.