Jetblue FinancialsEssay title: Jetblue FinancialsJetBlue Airways Corporation, or JetBlue, is a major low-cost passenger airline that provides high-quality customer service at low fares primarily on point-to-point routes. As of February 14, 2006, we operated a total of 369 daily flights. We focus on serving markets that previously were underserved and/or large metropolitan areas that have had high average fares. We currently serve 34 destinations in 15 states, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and The Bahamas. We intend to maintain a disciplined growth strategy by increasing frequency on our existing routes, connecting new city pairs and entering new markets. For the year ended December 31, 2005, JetBlue was the 9th largest passenger carrier in the United States based on revenue passenger miles.
We had a net loss of $20 million and net income of $46 million for the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively. We generated operating margins of 2.8% and 8.8% in 2005 and 2004, respectively, which were higher than most other major U.S. airlines, according to reports by those airlines. This was our first loss since our first year of operations in 2000 and primarily resulted from the inability to raise fares to fully recover the increased cost of record high fuel prices. Our load factor (the percentage of aircraft seating capacity actually utilized) of 85.2% during 2005 was higher than that reported by any of the other major U.S. airlines, whose weighted average load factor was 78.0%. In 2005, we demonstrated our commitment to customer service by attaining the highest completion factor amongst all major U.S. airlines. We are committed to operating our scheduled flights whenever possible; however, this philosophy,
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to ensure all customers were provided a clear, prompt, and cost-effective experience when they choose to purchase airplanes. It was our goal that in fiscal year 2014, we would have eliminated our $24 million cost of operational costs (including capital expenditures) to maintain the operating performance of our Boeing and Airbus aircraft operations for the 2014 financial year. To achieve this goal, we relied on our Customer Service Centers (CSA) of leading global and national Boeing and Airbus customers, as well as third-line customers like passengers, suppliers, and other partners. With our limited capacity of CSA employees over two-thirds of the aircraft operations, we were able to meet the requirements of our customers to have their aircraft delivered, delivered, delivered, delivered, delivered, delivered and delivered in the most timely or most efficient manner. This increased capacity was achieved through a combination of greater customer service and management and a significant reduction in operating costs due to cost increases and a return to pricing. This reduced our ability to maintain all of the airport’s planned operations, including our new airport of Chicago.
During the 2013 financial year, we managed over $36 million of the overall cost of operational costs and $12.3 million of operating expense and the costs of operating costs attributable to the new airport’s operational enhancements. We successfully conducted our major airport expansion and successfully completed our three airport upgrade plans with the airports of Minneapolis, Denver, Austin, and Portland (in addition to our scheduled flights and schedule delays) within the same timeframe, at our initial rate of acquisition. Our third airport expansion plan also resulted in additional runway improvements of 50 ft. between the new airports and the airport structure in the United States.
We plan to continue to meet our customer service obligation in 2014 to maintain the airport’s scheduled operations. In addition, due to our increased capital expenditures and reduced capital expenditures, we also have increased expenses for providing a high-quality airplane service without a traditional contract. This plan will continue to provide customer service while continuing to provide our customers with the best experience for purchasing an airplane from an independent carrier. Our current capital expenditures are well below the levels required to fund these continued operations, and this continued support will continue and increase the company’s ability to continue achieving our goal of achieving the same.
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Year Ended December 31, 2004 2009 2010 2011 Net income $ 2,078 $ 1,541 $ 1,637 $ 2,055 Net income prior to tax $ 684 302 599 Balance at beginning of period $ 2,021 519 578 Other non-GAAP income and cost of income statement components include noncash, noncash items and noncash items and other unitholders’ and noncash items and other noncash items.
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Our net income prior to tax was $2.3 million in 2005, but in 2010 we received about $2