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JetBlue Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2002 Earnings; Low-Fare Carrier Achieves Fourth Quarter Operating Margin of 16.8%.

Publication: Business Wire
Publication Date: 30-JAN-03
Format: Online - approximately 2078 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 30, 2003

JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ: JBLU) today reported its results for the fourth quarter and full year 2002:

-- Operating revenues for the quarter totaled $187.3 million, representing growth of 96.0% over operating revenues of $95.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2001. For the full year, operating revenues totaled $635.2 million, representing growth of 98.2% over operating revenues of $320.4 million for the full year 2001. -- Operating income in the quarter was $31.4 million, resulting in a 16.8% operating margin, compared to operating income of $4.0 million and a 4.2% operating margin in the fourth quarter of 2001. For the full year 2002, operating income was $105.0 million, resulting in an operating margin of 16.5%. This compares with operating income of $26.8 million and an 8.4% operating margin for the full year 2001. -- Pre-tax income in the fourth quarter grew 88.5% over 2001 to $27.2 million. For the full year, pre-tax income was $95.0 million, representing growth of 126.7% over the full year 2001. -- Net income for the quarter was $15.2 million, representing earnings of $0.22 per diluted share, compared with fourth quarter 2001 net income of $11.1 million, or $0.20 per diluted share. For the full year 2002, net income totaled $54.9 million, or $0.84 per diluted share, compared with net income of $38.5 million, or $0.76 per diluted share, for the full year 2001.

Net income for the fourth quarter of 2002 includes income taxes at an effective rate of 44.3%, compared to a 23.4% effective tax rate in the fourth quarter of 2001. The effective tax rate for the full year 2002 was 42.2% compared to an 8.1% effective tax rate for the...

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