LONDON (Alliance News) - easyJet PLC on Friday reported year-on-year growth in passenger numbers in February, but a slight slip in its load factor.
The low-cost airline said its passenger numbers increased by 9.8% in February to 4.9 million from 4.5 million, but its load factor decreased by 0.4 percentage point to 90.5% from 90.9%.
On a rolling 12-month basis, passenger numbers rose by 7.5% to 70.5 million from 65.6 million, while load factor grew by 0.8 percentage point to 91.6% from 90.8%.
On Thursday, rival budget airline Ryanair Holdings PLC reported a rise in both customer traffic and load factor in February. Customer traffic grew 28% year-on-year to 7.4 million from 5.8 million, while load factor increased by four percentage points to 93% from 89%.
On Wednesday, Central and Eastern European-focused low-cost carrier Wizz Air Holdings PLC too posted growth in both passenger numbers and load factor. Load factor increased by 2.6 percentage points in February to 86.4% from 83.7%, as the number of passengers carried grew by 22% to 1.4 million from 1.2 million.
By Karolina Kaminska; karolinakaminska@alliancenews.com @KarolinaAllNews
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