9th May 2005 07:01
easyJet PLC09 May 2005 9th May 2005 EASYJET PASSENGER STATISTICS FOR APRIL 2005______________________________________________________________________ Month ending April 2005 April 2004 ChangePassengers1 2,438,194 1,947,675 +25.2%Load Factor2 85.2% 81.6% +3.6pp_______________________________________________________________________ Rolling 12 months ending April 2005 April 2004 Change Passengers1 27,487,296 22,055,268 +24.6%Load Factor2 84.9% 84.2% +0.7ppTotal Revenue3 £1,216m £1,006m +20.8%________________________________________________________________________ Ray Webster, easyJet Chief Executive, said: "During April, easyJet took delivery of its 37th Airbus A319 taking its fleet upto 100 aircraft. easyJet operates more aircraft than any other European low costairline. The airline also announced the establishment of Basel as a base airportwith five destinations added, making it easyJet's second base in Switzerland andthe 15th base in Europe. Five routes were also added from Bristol. "Taking into account the effect of Easter falling in March rather than Aprilthis year, underlying market conditions have remained unchanged. easyJet willreport its interim results on 24th May." END For further details please contact: easyJet plc Financial:Andrew Barker, Investor Relations +44 (0) 1582 525 274 Press:Toby Nicol, Corporate Communications +44 (0) 1582 525 339 1.Represents the number of earned seats flown. Earned seats include seats thatare flown whether or not the passenger turns up because easyJet is a no-refundairline, and once a flight has departed a no-show customer is generally notentitled to change flights or seek a refund. Earned seats also include seatsprovided for promotional purposes and to staff for business travel. 2. Represents the number of passengers as a proportion of the number of seatsavailable for passengers. No weighting of the load factor is carried out torecognise the effect of varying flight (or "stage") lengths. 3. Represents unaudited statutory revenue, which includes the invoiced value ofairline and ancillary services, net of passenger taxes and discounts. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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