LONDON (Alliance News) - Budget airline easyJet PLC on Thursday said its passenger numbers increased in August while the load factor declined slightly.
The FTSE 100-listed company recorded a 14% increase in passenger numbers to 8.8 million from 7.7 million seen a year before. Load factor, however, decreased by 0.8 percentage point to 92.8% from 93.6%. Load factor represents the number of passengers as a proportion of available passenger seats.
On a rolling 12-month basis, easyJet's number of passengers were up 10% at 88.5 million compared to 80.2 million reported at the same time a year earlier with load factor more substantially improved at 92.9% from 92.6%.