JetBlue brings increase of 49% in 2012, with US$128 million in benefits

The American airline of low cost JetBlue has brought for the closing of his fiscal year corresponding to the year 2012 an increase of 49% in the obtained benefits coming the US$ 128 million opposite to the US$86 million in comparison in 2011.

The note published for aerolatinnwes.com indicates that the benefit of JetBlue increased 12% going on from the US$322 million of 2011 to the US$376 million in 2012.

The airline obtained these numbers even if in the fourth quarter of the year the airline saw 95,6% fell his benefit on having obtained a million dollars opposite to the US$23 million that it achieved in the last three months of 2011.

The improvement in the set of the year was possible due to the fact that the income increased 10,6%, up to the US$4.982 million whereas the operative expenses increased in minor degree, 10,1%, up to the US$ 4.606 million.

In the line of the item of expenses the increase of 8,6% of the cost of the fuel that there supposed for the airline a total disbursement of US$1.806 million. The president and managing director of JetBlue, Dave Barger, thought that» though the hurricane ‘Sandy’ has affected negatively the results of the fourth quarter of 2012, it has been one very good year for JetBlue».

As it explained, the airline of low cost has «hardened» his position in New York» without stopping taking advantage of the opportunities of profitable growth in Boston, the Carib and Latin America», which has brought a «record performance of income».

In spite of the improvement in the set of the year, in the fourth quarter the airline, with 14.000 employees, reduced also to the half his operating profit, when million of 2011 happened from the US$83, to US$44 million in 2012, whereas the income increased 4,2 %, up to the US$1.194 million. As for the operating costs, these they increased in 8,3% up to the US$1.150 million.