JetBlue Airways Corporation filed SEC Form 8-K: Regulation FD Disclosure, Financial Statements and Exhibits
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Air Freight/Delivery Services
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 11, 2025
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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
JetBlue Airways Corporation ("JetBlue" or the "Company") announced today an operational and financial update of its expected first quarter 2025 results.
Through the first two months of 2025, specifically in February, JetBlue's operation faced more weather-related disruptions than in the prior year. While this impacted completion factor in the quarter, the Company's continued focus on operational reliability helped offset the potential impact of significant disruption costs.
In addition to impacts from weather, JetBlue is also experiencing demand choppiness due to mixed macroeconomic indicators, resulting in trough period revenue performing below expectations in the first quarter. JetBlue actioned a targeted capacity reduction in March and April, focused on off-peak day-of-week adjustments, and the Company continues to monitor trough performance in April and May.
Demand for travel during peak periods remains healthy, and JetBlue continues to be pleased by the progress of its JetForward initiatives.
The table below provides JetBlue’s updated investor guidance for the first quarter ending March 31, 2025.
| First Quarter 2025 Outlook | Current Guidance | Previous Guidance (1) | ||||||
| Capacity and Revenue | ||||||||
| Available Seat Miles ("ASMs") Year-Over-Year | (5.0%) - (4.0%) | (5.0%) - (2.0%) | ||||||
| Operating Revenue per ASM ("RASM") Year-Over-Year | Unchanged | (0.5%) - 3.5% | ||||||
| Expense | ||||||||
CASM Ex-Fuel (2) Year-Over-Year | Unchanged | 8.0% - 10.0% | ||||||
Fuel Price per Gallon (3), (4) | $2.55 - $2.65 | $2.65 - $2.80 | ||||||
| Capital Expenditures | ~$215 million | ~$270 million | ||||||
(1) Previous guidance as of January 28, 2025.
(2) Operating expense per available seat mile, excluding fuel, other non-airline operating expenses and special items. Non-GAAP financial measure; refer to Note A for further details on non-GAAP forward looking information.
(3) Includes fuel taxes and other fuel fees.
(4) JetBlue utilizes the forward Brent crude curve and the forward Brent crude to jet crack spread to calculate fuel price for the current quarter. Fuel price is based on forward curve as of February 28, 2025.
In addition, today JetBlue provided investors with an update regarding the Company’s business and business strategy which is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
The information included under Item 7.01 of this report (including Exhibit 99.1) is being furnished and shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
Forward Looking Information
This Current Report on Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended. We intend such forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements contained in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements other than statements of historical facts contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K are forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as "expects," "plans," "intends," "anticipates," "indicates," "remains," "believes," "estimates," "forecast," "guidance," "outlook," "may," "will," "should," "seeks," "goals," "targets" or the negative of these terms or other similar expressions. Additionally, forward-looking statements include statements that do not relate solely to historical facts, such as statements which identify
uncertainties or trends, discuss the possible future effects of current known trends or uncertainties, or which indicate that the future effects of known trends or uncertainties cannot be predicted, guaranteed, or assured. Forward-looking statements contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K include, without limitation, statements regarding our outlook and future results of operations and financial position. 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; risks related to the long-term nature of our fleet order book; volatility in fuel prices and availability of fuel; increased maintenance costs associated with fleet age; costs associated with salaries, wages and benefits; risks associated with a potential material reduction in the rate of interchange reimbursement fees; risks associated with doing business internationally; our reliance on high daily aircraft utilization; our dependence on the New York metropolitan market; risks associated with extended interruptions or disruptions in service at our focus cities; risks associated with airport expenses; risks associated with seasonality and weather; our reliance on a limited number of suppliers for our aircraft, engines, and our Fly-Fi® product; the outcome of legal proceedings with respect to the NEA and our wind-down of the NEA; risks associated with cybersecurity and privacy, including potential disruptions to our information technology systems and information security breaches; heightened regulatory requirements concerning data security compliance; risks associated with reliance on, and potential failure of, automated systems to operate our business; our inability to attract and retain qualified crewmembers; our being subject to potential unionization, work stoppages, slowdowns or increased labor costs; reputational and business risk from an accident or incident involving our aircraft; risks associated with damage to our reputation and the JetBlue brand name; our significant amount of fixed obligations and the ability to service such obligations; failure to comply with these covenants included in the agreements governing our debt; financial risks associated with credit card processors; risks associated with seeking short-term additional financing liquidity; failure to realize the full value of intangible or long-lived assets, causing us to record impairments; risks associated with disease outbreaks or environmental disasters affecting travel behavior; compliance with environmental laws and regulations, which may cause us to incur substantial costs; the impacts of federal budget constraints or federally imposed furloughs; impact of global climate change and legal, regulatory or market response to such change; increasing scrutiny of, and evolving expectations regarding, environmental, social and governance matters; changes in laws or government regulations in our industry; acts of war or terrorism; and changes in global economic conditions or an economic downturn leading to a continuing or accelerated decrease in demand for air travel. 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.
Given the risks and uncertainties surrounding forward-looking statements, you should not place undue reliance on these statements. You should understand that many important factors, in addition to those discussed or incorporated by reference in this Current Report on Form 8-K, could cause our results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements. Further information concerning these and other factors is contained in JetBlue's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), including but not limited to in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, as may be updated by our other SEC filings. In light of these risks and uncertainties, the forward-looking events discussed in this Current Report on Form 8-K might not occur. Our forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K. Other than as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
Note A - Non-GAAP Financial Measures
We report our financial results in accordance with GAAP; however, we present certain non-GAAP financial measures in this Current Report on Form 8-K. Non-GAAP financial measures are financial measures that are derived from the condensed consolidated financial statements, but that are not presented in accordance with GAAP. We present these non-GAAP financial measures because we believe they provide useful supplemental information that enables a meaningful comparison of our results to others in the airline industry and our prior year results. Investors should consider these non-GAAP financial measures in addition to, and not as a substitute for, our financial performance measures prepared in accordance with GAAP. Further, our non-GAAP information may be different from the non-GAAP information provided by other companies.
With respect to JetBlue’s CASM Ex-Fuel guidance (1), we are not able to provide a reconciliation of forward-looking measures where the quantification of certain excluded items reflected in the measures cannot be calculated or predicted at this time without unreasonable efforts. In these cases, the reconciling information that is unavailable includes a forward-looking range of financial performance measures beyond our control, such as fuel costs, which are subject to many economic and political factors beyond our control. For the same reasons, we are unable to address the probable significance of the unavailable information, which could have a potentially unpredictable and potentially significant impact on our future GAAP financial results.
(1) CASM Ex-Fuel is a non-GAAP measure that excludes fuel, other non-airline operating expenses, and special items.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
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| 99.1 | ||||||||
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
| JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION | |||||||||||||||||
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| Date: | March 11, 2025 | By: | /s/ Dawn Southerton | ||||||||||||||
| Dawn Southerton | |||||||||||||||||
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