JetBlue boosts sector-leading load factor

• JetBlue (NASDAQ:JBLU) reports revenue passenger miles increased 6.6% in July to 4,2960B.
• Capacity rose 5.5% Y/Y to 4.850393B available seat miles.
• The number of departures during the month were up 3.2% Y/Y.
• July load factor +80 bps to 87.8%.
• YTD load factor -20 bps to 85.1%.
• The company says preliminary results indicate that revenue per available seat mile fell 2.5% in July.