Trading Statement

easyJet PLC
05 August 2005



5 August 2005


EASYJET Q3 STATISTICS
___________________________________________________________________

Three months ending          June 2005       June 2004     Change

Passengers (m)1              7.6             6.3           +20.6%
Load factor2                 84.9%           82.9%         +2pp

Total revenue (£m)           342.9           286.9         +19.5%
Total revenue per seat (£)   38.43           37.86         +1.5%
Average operating aircraft   95              85            +11.8%

ASKs (bn)                    8.4             6.8           +22.9%
RPKs (bn)                    7.1             5.6           +26.4%

Average sector length  (km)  941             898           +4.8%
____________________________________________________________________


Note: easyJet does not publish full quarterly results, but issues a trading
statement for the first and third fiscal quarters as a supplement to our regular
monthly passenger statistics (see separate release for July statistics).


Q3 performance


easyJet had a good third quarter, in the face of a rising fuel price and a
strengthening US Dollar. Unit revenue (total revenue per seat flown) rose by
1.5% when compared with Q3 last year, in spite of Easter falling outside of the
period this year. The revenue performance improved through the quarter, with
unit revenue improvements exceeding 4% in June.

Unit costs (total costs before tax and goodwill amortisation, per seat flown)
rose by 6.5%, but this was after a 61% increase in the Sterling fuel cost per
seat. Unit costs ex-fuel fell by 2.6% when compared with Q3 last year (the
reduction accelerated from the H1 fall of 1.5%).

Within the total revenue, passenger revenue per seat flown rose by 0.8%, while
ancillary revenue per seat flown grew by 12%, reflecting a continuation of the
strong growth seen in the first half.


Commenting, Chief Executive Ray Webster said:

'Since the end of Q3, the Group's performance has been affected by a number of
external factors. On the negative side, the fuel price has continued to rise,
and the US Dollar has strengthened against Sterling. But on the positive side,
these factors have been more than offset by our efforts to improve our revenue
mix, by the growing diversity of our route network, and by the fact that we have
chosen not to impose fuel surcharges on our passengers. In the current market,
our already low fares are now even more attractive.

'The London terrorist bombings affected demand for inbound travel to London but,
barring further incidents, are not expected to have a material impact on the
result for the year.

'We expect unit revenue (total revenue per seat) for the year to finish slightly
ahead of last year. If the spot price of jet fuel and exchange rates stay at
current levels, we now expect our total fuel cost for this financial year to
reach £260m. At the time of our interim results in May, we stated that we
expected our full year reported pre-tax profit 'to be below last year but in
line with current expectations.' Due to the improving revenue position and our
continued focus on cost, we now expect that reported pre-tax profit for the
current financial year will be broadly in line with last year.'


                                      END


For further details please contact:

easyJet plc


Analysts:

Andrew Barker, Investor Relations                     [phone]


Press:

Toby Nicol, Corporate Communications                  [phone]


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.

3. Represents unaudited statutory revenue, which includes the invoiced value of
airline and ancillary services, net of passenger taxes and discounts.



                      This information is provided by RNS
            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange