5th Mar 2009 07:00
5 March 2009
EASYJET PASSENGER STATISTICS FOR February 2009
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Month ending February 2009 February 2008 Change
Passengers1 3,018,910 3,240,767 (6.8)%
Load Factor2 87.0% 84.6% 2.4pp
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Rolling 12 months ending February 2009 February 2008 Change
Passengers1 44,439,653 39,016,836 13.9%
Load Factor2 85.1% 83.3% 1.8pp
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easyJet load factor improved by 2.4 percentage points in February compared to the prior year. The number of passengers flown by easyJet in February 2009 was 6.8% below February 2008 which reflects the decision first announced in summer 2008 to limit margin dilution over this winter from the impact of higher fuel costs by withdrawing lower yielding flights.
As stated in the January 22nd IMS, easyJet's capacity measured by available seats for the first half of the current financial year is expected to be ahead of last year by a low single digit percent.
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1.Represents the number of earned seats flown. Earned seats include seats that are flown whether or not the passenger turns up because easyJet is a no-refund airline, and once a flight has departed a no-show customer is generally not entitled to change flights or seek a refund. Earned seats also include seats provided for promotional purposes and to staff for business travel.
2. Represents the number of passengers as a proportion of the number of seats available for passengers. No weighting of the load factor is carried out to recognise the effect of varying flight (or "stage") lengths.
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