August Passenger Statistics

RNS Number : 4574Y

easyJet PLC

03 September 2009

 



3 September 2009

                     EASYJET PASSENGER STATISTICS FOR AUGUST 2009

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Month ending                            Aug 2009          Aug 2008                  Change

Passengers1                                 4,800,336           4,585,739                   4.7%    

Load Factor2                                         91.8%                 91.3%                        0.5pp

Rolling 12 months ending         Aug 2009            Aug 2008                  Change

Passengers1                                44,939,901           42,900,136                4.8%    

Load Factor2                              85.4%                   83.9%                       1.4pp        

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Today easyJet announced plans to redeploy several aircraft within its network with the potential closure of its East Midlands base and a potential reduction of up to 20% in its Luton flying programme. easyJet's overall growth plans remain unchanged, at 7.5% per annum over the medium term. It is planned that the East Midlands and Luton aircraft will be reassigned to more profitable bases, largely in continental Europe. A press release is available on easyJet.com

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1.Represents the number of earned seats flown. Earned seats include seats that are flown whether or not the passenger turns up because easyJet is a no-refund airline, and once a flight has departed a no-show customer is generally not entitled to change flights or seek a refund. Earned seats also include seats provided for promotional purposes and to staff for business travel. 

2. Represents the number of passengers as a proportion of the number of seats available for passengers. No weighting of the load factor is carried out to recognise the effect of varying flight (or 'stage') lengths. 

 

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