10th Jan 2005 07:00
easyJet PLC10 January 2005 For immediate release 10 January 2005 EASYJET PASSENGER STATISTICS FOR DECEMBER 2004 _______________________________________________________________________________ Month ending December 2004 December 2003 Change Passengers 1 2,134,787 1,668,394 +28%Load Factor 2 80.8% 80.0% +0.8pp _______________________________________________________________________________ Rolling 12 months ending December 2004 December 2003 Change Passengers 1 25,716,329 21,074,461 +22%Load Factor 2 84.6% 84.4% +0.2ppRevenue (Unaudited) 3 £1,147m £969m +18.3% _______________________________________________________________________________ Ray Webster, easyJet Chief Executive, said: "In trading conditions that continue to be tough, easyJet delivered plannedgrowth for December with load factors marginally ahead of last year andpassengers increasing by 28%. During the month we launched our schedule for thecoming summer season with volumes selling in line with our expectations - we arenow selling a total of 188 routes, compared to 127 at the same time last year." END For further details please contact: easyJet plc Press:Toby Nicol, Corporate Communications +44 (0) 1582 525 339 Analysts:Cliff Hide, Investor Relations +44 (0) 1582 525 274 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 statutory revenue. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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