JetBlue Airways Corporation announced operating results for the month and year to date ended December 2018. For the month, the company's revenue passenger's miles were 4,354,643,000 compared to 4,079,287,000 a year ago. Available seat miles were 5,352,847,000 compared to 4,931,590,000 a year ago. Load factor was 81.4% compared to 82.7% a year ago. Revenue passenger were 3,536,377 compared to 3,430,346 a year ago.

For the year to date, the company's revenue passenger's miles were 50,790,104,000 compared to 47,239,706,000 a year ago. Available seat miles were 59,880,815,000 compared to 56,007,224,000 a year ago. Load factor was 84.8% compared to 84.3% a year ago. Revenue passenger were 42,149,989 compared to 40,038,090 a year ago.

Fourth quarter revenue per available seat mile (RASM) is expected to increase approximately 2.4% year-over-year. This is consistent with its prior guidance range of 1.5% to 3.5%. December revenue trends performed as expected. Higher than expected completion factor negatively impacted fourth quarter RASM by approximately 0.3 points.