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JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORP

For the period ended Dec 31, 2024. Filed Feb 14, 2025.

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FY2024 · Filed Feb 14, 2025

JBLU$3.94+7.4%Stored close · as of Nov 9, 2026

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Contractual Obligations

Our material cash requirements for known contractual and other obligations as of December 31, 2024 includes the following (in millions):

Payments due in
20252026202720282029ThereafterTotal
Debt and finance lease obligations (1)$937$1,247$908$986$2,188$5,719$11,985
Operating lease obligations132108968275301794
Flight equipment purchase obligations9816902884103213,7546,444
Other obligations (2)39737237642529091,869
Total$2,447$2,417$1,668$1,903$2,874$9,783$21,092

The amounts stated above do not include additional obligations incurred as a result of financing activities executed after December 31, 2024 except as otherwise noted.

(1)The interest rates are fixedfor $6.8 billion of our debt and finance lease obligations, with the remaining $1.7 billion having floating interest rates. The estimated floating rate is equal to SOFR plus an applicable margin based on December 31, 2024 rates. The weighted average maturity of all of our debt was 7 years as of December 31, 2024.

(2)Amounts primarily include non-cancelable commitments for flight equipment maintenance, construction and information technology.

Debt and Finance Lease Obligations

As of December 31, 2024, we were in compliance with the material covenants of our debt and lease agreements.

In August 2024, JetBlue co-issued with JetBlue Loyalty, LP, the TrueBlue® Notes and TrueBlue® Term Loan Facility. The agreements governing the TrueBlue® Notes and TrueBlue® Term Loan Facility contains affirmative, negative and financial covenants including compliance with certain debt service coverage ratios and minimum liquidity requirements. These agreements also contain events of default, including a cross-default to other material indebtedness.

We have $61 million of restricted cash pledged under standby letters of credit related to certain leases that will expire at the end of the related lease terms. Approximately 65% of our owned property and equipment and intangible assets at net book value were pledged or committed to be pledged as security under various loan agreements.

Operating Lease Obligations

As of December 31, 2024, we had operating lease obligations for 26 aircraft with lease terms that expire between 2025 and 2028. Our aircraft lease agreements contain termination provisions which include standard maintenance and return conditions. Our policy is to record these lease return conditions when they are probable and the costs can be estimated. As of December 31, 2024, the average age of our operating fleet was 12 years. We also lease airport terminal space and other airport facilities in each of our markets, as well as office space and other equipment. Minimum ground and facility rents at JFK totaling $535 million are included in the commitments table above as operating lease obligations. In November 2022, we amended the lease to relinquish a portion of the former Terminal 6 property to allow for development of a new Terminal 6 by our development partners JMP through a $65 million letter of credit in exchange for 5% ownership. This amount is included in restricted cash on the consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2024.

We have a long term lease for our primary corporate office in Long Island City until 2039. We have a one-time option to terminate the lease in 2034. At the end of the initial lease term, we have the option to renew the lease for either one renewal term of 10 years, or two renewal terms of five years each. The total committed expenditure for the lease through 2039 is approximately $81 million.

Flight Equipment Purchase Obligations

Our firm aircraft orders include the following aircraft(1):

YearAirbus A220Airbus A321neoTotal
202520424
202617—17
20275—5
20289—9
20297—7
Thereafter—4444
Total (2)5848106

(1)Our committed future aircraft deliveries are subject to change based on modifications to the contractual agreements or changes in the delivery schedules.

Committed expenditures for our firm aircraft and spare engines include estimated amounts for contractual price escalations and pre-delivery deposits. We expect to meet our pre-delivery deposit requirements for our aircraft by paying cash or by using short-term borrowing facilities for deposits generally required six to 24 months prior to delivery. Any pre-delivery deposits paid by the issuance of notes are fully repaid at the time of delivery of the related aircraft.

Depending on market conditions, we may use a mix of cash and debt financing for aircraft scheduled for delivery in future years. Although we believe debt and/or lease financing should be available to us, we cannot give any assurance that we will be able to secure financing on attractive terms, if at all. To the extent we cannot secure financing on terms we deem attractive, we may be required to pay in cash, further modify our aircraft acquisition plans, or incur higher than anticipated financing costs.

Other Obligations

Our Terminal at JFK, T5, is governed by a lease agreement we entered into with the PANYNJ in 2005. We are responsible for making various payments under the lease. This includes ground rents for the terminal site which began at the time of the lease execution in 2005 and facility rents which commenced in October 2008 upon our occupancy of T5. The facility rents are based on the number of passengers enplaned out of the terminal, subject to annual minimums. The PANYNJ reimbursed us for construction costs of this project in accordance with the terms of the lease, except for approximately $76 million in leasehold improvements provided by us. In 2012, we amended this lease to include additional ground space for our international arrivals facility, T5i, which we opened in November 2014.

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