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A stormy quarter cuts in to profit at JetBlue

JetBlue's first-quarter profit tumbles after storms force the cancellation of 4,100 flights

NEW YORK (AP) -- JetBlue's first-quarter profit plunged more than 70 percent as winter storms raked areas of the Northeast where it is based.

More than 4,000 flights cost the airline $50 million in revenue and $35 million in operating profits, on top of rising labor costs.

On Tuesday, it was revealed, that JetBlue pilots voted overwhelmingly to unionize, reversing two earlier votes.

JetBlue earned $4 million, or a penny per share, during the most recent quarter, down from $14 million, or 5 cents per share, a year earlier.

Revenue rose 3.6 percent to $1.35 billion.

Analysts surveyed by FactSet expected earnings of 7 cents per share on revenue of $1.36 billion.

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Expenses rose 5.5 percent, led by a 17.7 percent increase in labor costs.

Traffic rose, but so did passenger-carrying capacity, and the average flight was 83.1 percent full, down from 83.9 percent a year earlier.

The company predicted higher costs per mile in the second quarter and the full year, partly due to adding new service at Washington's Reagan National Airport.

Shares of JetBlue Airways Corp., based in Long Island City, N.Y., edged 12 cents lower before the opening bell, but they are still up slightly for the year.