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easyJet PLC08 January 2007 8th January 2007 EASYJET PASSENGER STATISTICS FOR DECEMBER 2006 ____________________________________________________________________ Month ending December 2006 December 2005 Change Passengers1 2,638,279 2,372,333 + 11.2 % Load Factor2 81.2% 80.5% + 0.6 pp ____________________________________________________________________ Rolling 12 months ending December 2006 December 2005 Change Passengers1 33,675,905 30,301,991 + 11.1 % Load Factor2 84.6% 84.9% - 0.4 pp Total Revenue (Unaudited)3 £1,667m £1,381m + 20.7 % __________________________________________________________________ On 20 December, the European Commission adopted a legislative proposal on theinclusion of aviation in the EU Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) from 2011.easyJet has welcomed the move, as ETS is a market-based mechanism which shouldprovide an incentive for airlines to operate modern aircraft in the mostefficient way. easyJet flies new aircraft having an average age of 2.2 years at30 September 2006, with high seat density and passenger loads, which result in30% fewer emissions per passenger kilometre than a traditional airline. END For further details please contact: easyJet plc Financial: Julia Collins, Investor Relations +44 (0) 1582 525 258 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 statutory revenue (unaudited) This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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