7th May 2008 07:00
easyJet PLC07 May 2008 7 May 2008 EASYJET PASSENGER STATISTICS FOR APRIL 2008 ______________________________________________________________________________ Month ending April 2008 April 2007 ChangePassengers1 3,553,023 3,133,725 13.4%Load Factor2 80.1% 83.1% (3.0)pp ______________________________________________________________________________ Rolling 12 months ending April 2008 April 2007 ChangePassengers1 40,071,680 34,831,219 15.0%Load Factor2 83.2% 84.0% (0.8)pp _____________________________________________________________________________ The load factor for April 2008 was down by 3 percentage points compared to April2007 reflecting the timing of Easter which was in March this year. The combinedload factor for March and April 2008 was level compared to the same period theprevious year. GB Airways is now fully integrated into the easyJet business model and the dataprovided in the table above is for the whole easyJet business. End Enquiries should be directed to: easyJet plc Investor:Rachel Kentleton, Investor Relations +44 (0) 7961 754 468 Media: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. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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