7th Mar 2008 07:00
easyJet PLC07 March 2008 7 March 2008 EASYJET PASSENGER STATISTICS FOR FEBRUARY 2008 Month ending February 2008 February 2007 Change Total company 1 Passengers 3 3,240,767 2,646,775 22.4% Load factor 4 84.6% 82.8% 1.8 pp easyJet operated Passengers 3 3,039,510 2,646,775 14.8% Load factor 4 84.3% 82.8% 1.4 pp GB Airways 2 Passengers 3 201,257 192,825 4.4% Load factor 4 90.5% 82.6% 7.9 pp Rolling 12 months February 2008 February 2007 Change Total company 1 Passengers 3 39,016,836 34,205,676 14.1% Load factor 4 83.3% 84.5% (1.2) pp Commentary: The acquisition of GB Airways was completed on January 31st and during the monthof February GB Airways continued to operate as a British Airways franchise. Total company passengers grew 22.4% due to strong load factors at both easyJetand GB Airways. easyJet load factors were 1.4 percentage points ahead of last year, largely dueto cancellations in France caused by Air Traffic Control industrial action inthe last two weeks of the month. We are pleased that GB Airways load factors, up 7.9 percentage points in themonth, remain strong during the wind down of the BA franchise. 1. Represents easyJet including GB Airways routes, the prior comparative doesnot include GB Airways routes. From the April 2008 traffic statistics which willbe announced May 2008 and onwards GB Airways will no longer be reportedseparately. 2. For comparative purposes the prior figure for GB Airways is shown 3. 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. 4. 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. 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 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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