JetBlue’s Latest Traffic Growth

By: - July 14th, 2017
Nassau

JetBlue saw a 3.2 percent increase in traffic in June, according to the company’s latest data report.

JetBlue reported 4.078 billion revenue passenger miles last month, up from 3.953 billion in June 2016.

Available seat miles grew by 4 percent to 4.77 billion, while load factor decreased by 0.7 percentage points in the same period.

The carrier reported 30,213 departures, up 5.3 percent from the same month in 2016.

— Caribbean Journal Staff

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