LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y. (AP) _ JetBlue Airways Corp. (JBLU) on Tuesday reported a second-quarter loss of $188 million, after reporting a profit in the same period a year earlier.

On a per-share basis, the Long Island City, New York-based company said it had a loss of 58 cents. Losses, adjusted for non-recurring costs, were 47 cents per share.

The results fell short of Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of five analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for a loss of 11 cents per share.

The airline posted revenue of $2.44 billion in the period, which also fell short of Street forecasts. Five analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $2.47 billion.

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