7th Apr 2005 07:00
easyJet PLC07 April 2005 7 April 2005 EASYJET PASSENGER STATISTICS FOR MARCH 2005 _________________________________________________________________________ Month ending March 2005 March 2004 Change Passengers1 2,573,070 1,996,790 +28.9%Load Factor2 91.2% 86.9% +4.3pp __________________________________________________________________________ Rolling 12 months ending March 2005 March 2004 Change Passengers1 26,996,777 21,819,291 +23.7%Load Factor2 84.6% 84.5% +0.1pp Total revenue (provisional & unaudited) 3 £1,205m £999m +20.6% __________________________________________________________________________ These figures are in-line with the pre-close trading statement issued on 22March. END For further details please contact: easyJet plc Press:Toby Nicol, Corporate Communications +44 (0) 1582 525 339 Analysts:Andrew Barker or 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-refund airline, and once a flight has departed ano-show customer is generally not entitled to change flights or seek a refund. Earned seats also include seats provided forpromotional 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 to recognise 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 taxes and discounts. This is provisional and unaudited at the time ofpublication and may be subject to change. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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