shares of jetblue airways corp jblu rose 05 in premarket trading tuesday after the air carrier reported a narrowerthanexpected thirdquarter loss revenue that rose fourfold to top forecasts and provided an upbeat outlook the company swung to net income of 130 million or 40 cents a share from a loss of 393 million or 144 a share in the yearago period excluding nonrecurring items which would include government payroll assistance the adjusted pershare loss was 12 cents compared with the factset loss consensus of 18 cents revenue rose 3008 to 197 billion topping the factset consensus of 193 billion as revenue passengers rose 3218 to 908 million load factor increased to 799 from 426 but came up short of expectations of 823 as capacity rose 1341 to 1617 million available seat miles departures increased 1394 to 76918 september took the brunt of the bookings softness associated with rising case counts tied to the delta variant said chief operating officer joanna geraghty that said trends have stabilized and are improving we expect robust revenue acceleration throughout the quarter as the holidays approach and demand continues to meaningfully improve the stock has lost 83 over the past three months through monday while the us global jets etf jets has slipped 43 and the sp 500 spx has gained 33