Fretting About JetBlue’s Recent Financial Trends

To a glass-is-half-full optimist, JetBlue is doing just fine. In 2016, it outperformed even Southwest in terms of operating margin. In 2017, it came within a whisker of closing its once-gaping margin gap with Spirit. Today, JetBlue’s New York, Boston, Florida and transcon markets are all healthy. And unit revenues are rising.