JetBlue Airways Corporation JBLUposted a rise in traffic figures for April. Traffic — measured in revenue passenger miles (RPMs) — improved 5.7% year over year to 4.3 billion. On a year-over-year basis, consolidated capacity (or available seat miles/ASMs) expanded 5.3% to 5.02 billion.
Load factor or percentage of seats filled by passengers increased 40 basis points (bps) to 85.
This Long Island City, NY-based low-cost carrier registered a completion factor (system wide) of 98.7% in the month with 67.6% flights on schedule.