May Passenger Statistics

RNS Number : 8613H

easyJet PLC

06 June 2011

 

6 June 2011

EASYJET PASSENGER STATISTICS FOR May 2011

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Month ending                         May 2011                    May 2010                    Change

Passengers¹                              4,739,436                      4,258,675                      11.3%

Load Factor²                             84.1%                           85.8%                           (1.7)pp 

Rolling 12 months ending      May 2011                   May 2010                    Change

Passengers¹                              52,942,007                     47,246,447                     12.1%

Load Factor²                             87.0%                           86.7%                           0.3pp

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easyJet's load factor for the month ending 31 May 2010  was boosted by around 2 percentage points as a result of  the repatriation of customers following the Eyjafjalla volcano.  The load factor for May 2011 is in line with the 83.5% achieved in May 2009.

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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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