JetBlue Reports 2.7 Percent Traffic Decline

JetBlue Airways Corporation reported that its traffic in April decreased 2.7 percent from April 2008, on a capacity decrease of 4 percent. Load factor for April 2009 was 80.6 percent, an increase of 1.1 points from April 2008.

JetBlue’s preliminary completion factor was 96.8 percent and its on-time performance was 72.7 percent. JetBlue’s preliminary passenger revenue per available seat mile for the month of April increased 5 percent year over year.