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JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION-2012 10K 05
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 signifi cant fi xed obligations and substantial indebtedness; our ability
to attract and retain qualifi ed 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 fl eet order book;
changes in or additional government rules, regulations or laws; changes
in our industry due to other airlines’ fi nancial condition; the impact on our
growth because of economic diffi culties 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.