JetBlue Airlines 2006 Annual Report Download - page 37

Download and view the complete annual report

Please find page 37 of the 2006 JetBlue Airlines annual report below. You can navigate through the pages in the report by either clicking on the pages listed below, or by using the keyword search tool below to find specific information within the annual report.

Page out of 104

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27
  • 28
  • 29
  • 30
  • 31
  • 32
  • 33
  • 34
  • 35
  • 36
  • 37
  • 38
  • 39
  • 40
  • 41
  • 42
  • 43
  • 44
  • 45
  • 46
  • 47
  • 48
  • 49
  • 50
  • 51
  • 52
  • 53
  • 54
  • 55
  • 56
  • 57
  • 58
  • 59
  • 60
  • 61
  • 62
  • 63
  • 64
  • 65
  • 66
  • 67
  • 68
  • 69
  • 70
  • 71
  • 72
  • 73
  • 74
  • 75
  • 76
  • 77
  • 78
  • 79
  • 80
  • 81
  • 82
  • 83
  • 84
  • 85
  • 86
  • 87
  • 88
  • 89
  • 90
  • 91
  • 92
  • 93
  • 94
  • 95
  • 96
  • 97
  • 98
  • 99
  • 100
  • 101
  • 102
  • 103
  • 104

The following terms used in this section and elsewhere in this report have the meanings indicated
below:
‘‘Revenue passengers’’ represents the total number of paying passengers flown on all flight segments.
‘‘Revenue passenger miles’’ represents the number of miles flown by revenue passengers.
‘‘Available seat miles’’ represents the number of seats available for passengers multiplied by the
number of miles the seats are flown.
‘‘Load factor’’ represents the percentage of aircraft seating capacity that is actually utilized (revenue
passenger miles divided by available seat miles).
‘‘Breakeven load factor’’ is the passenger load factor that will result in operating revenues being equal
to operating expenses, assuming constant revenue per passenger mile and expenses.
‘‘Aircraft utilization’’ represents the average number of block hours operated per day per aircraft for
the total fleet of aircraft.
‘‘Average fare’’ represents the average one-way fare paid per flight segment by a revenue passenger.
‘‘Yield per passenger mile’’ represents the average amount one passenger pays to fly one mile.
‘‘Passenger revenue per available seat mile’’ represents passenger revenue divided by available seat
miles.
‘‘Operating revenue per available seat mile’’ represents operating revenues divided by available seat
miles.
‘‘Operating expense per available seat mile’’ represents operating expenses divided by available seat
miles.
‘‘Operating expense per available seat mile, excluding fuel’’ represents operating expenses, less aircraft
fuel, divided by available seat miles.
‘‘Average stage length’’ represents the average number of miles flown per flight.
‘‘Average fuel cost per gallon’’ represents total aircraft fuel costs, which excludes fuel taxes, divided by
the total number of fuel gallons consumed.
27