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FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION
Statements in this Form 10-K (or otherwise made by JetBlue or on JetBlue’s behalf) contain various
forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the
Securities Act, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, which
represent our management’s beliefs and assumptions concerning future events. When used in this document and
in documents incorporated herein by reference, the words “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “indicates,”
“believes,” “forecast,” “guidance,” “outlook,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “seeks,” “targets” and similar
expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve risks,
uncertainties and assumptions, and are based on information currently available to us. Actual results may differ
materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements due to many factors, including, without
limitation, our extremely competitive industry; increases and volatility in fuel prices, increases in maintenance
costs and interest rates; our ability to implement our growth strategy; our significant fixed obligations and
substantial indebtedness; our ability to attract and retain qualified personnel and maintain our culture as we grow;
our reliance on high daily aircraft utilization; our dependence on the New York metropolitan market and the
effect of increased congestion in this market; our reliance on automated systems and technology; our being
subject to potential unionization, work stoppages, slowdowns or increased labor costs; our reliance on a limited
number of suppliers; our presence in some international emerging markets that may experience political or
economic instability or may subject us to legal risk; reputational and business risk from information security
breaches; a negative impact on the JetBlue brand; the long term nature of our fleet order book; changes in or
additional government rules, regulations or laws; changes in our industry due to other airlines’ financial
condition; the impact on our growth because of economic difficulties in Europe through a continuance of the
economic recessionary conditions in the U.S. or a further economic downturn leading to a continuing or
accelerated decrease in demand for domestic and business air travel; and external geopolitical events and
conditions. It is routine for our internal projections and expectations to change as the year or each quarter in the
year progresses, and therefore it should be clearly understood that the internal projections, beliefs and
assumptions upon which we base our expectations may change prior to the end of each quarter or year. Although
these expectations may change, we may not inform you if they do.
You should understand that many important factors, in addition to those discussed or incorporated by
reference in this report, could cause our results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking
statements. Potential factors that could affect our results include, in addition to others not described in this report,
those described in Item 1A of this report under “Risks Related to JetBlue” and “Risks Associated with the Airline
Industry.” In light of these risks and uncertainties, the forward-looking events discussed in this report might not
occur.
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