Aggressive Capacity Expansion, Lower Oil Prices Lift JetBlue's Earnings

JetBlue's fourth quarter revenue rose by 6% per year to $1.4 billion on gains from rapid capacity expansion. Meanwhile, lower oil prices complemented this top line growth to lift the carrier's fourth quarter profit to $88 million, from $47 million in the same period in 2013. With these results, major U.S. airlines, including American, United, Delta, Southwest, JetBlue and Alaska, have each posted solid growth in their results in the fourth quarter. For full year 2014, JetBlue posted a profit of ...