April Passenger Statistics

RNS Number : 0331G

easyJet PLC

06 May 2011

 

6 May 2011

easyJet April 2011 traffic statistics

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Month ending                         April 2011                   April 2010      Change

Passengers¹                              4,717,402                      3,490,599                      35.1%

Load Factor²                             86.5%                           85.2%                           1.3pp   

Rolling 12 months ending      April 2011                   April 2010       Change

Passengers¹                              52,461,246                     46,936,188                     11.8%

Load Factor²                             87.2%                           86.5%                           0.7pp

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The prior year comparatives contained in these traffic statistics were impacted by the large number of flight cancellations that occurred in April 2010 as a result of the closure of European airspace following volcanic ash cloud. Without this impact the growth in April 2011 passenger numbers would have been would have been c.11%.

easyJet plc will announce its results for the six months to 31 March 2011 on 10 May 2011.

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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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