9th Jan 2006 07:00
easyJet PLC09 January 2006 9th January 2006 EASYJET PASSENGER STATISTICS FOR DECEMBER 2005 ________________________________________________________________________________ Month ending December 2005 December 2004 Change Passengers 1 2,372,333 2,134,787 + 11.1%Load Factor 2 80.5% 80.8% - 0.2pp ________________________________________________________________________________ Rolling 12 months ending December 2005 December 2004 Change Passengers 1 30,301,991 25,716,329 + 17.8%Load Factor 2 84.9% 84.6% + 0.3ppTotal Revenue (Unaudited) 3 £1,381m £1,147m + 20.5% ________________________________________________________________________________ Andrew Harrison, easyJet Chief Executive, said: "December passenger numbers were in line with our expectations. Unit revenuefor the month (total revenue per seat flown) showed a year on year improvement,supported by strong ancillary contributions." During December the company announced that it exercised its right to acquire 20further Airbus A319 aircraft for delivery during 2008 and 2009 to ensure itscontinued growth to the end of the decade. The company will make an announcement on International Financial ReportingStandards (IFRS) implementation on 20 January 2006. END For further details please contact: easyJet plc Financial:Andrew Barker, Investor Relations +44 (0) 1582 525 982 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 tax This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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