7th Apr 2006 07:00
easyJet PLC07 April 2006 7th April 2006 EASYJET PASSENGER STATISTICS FOR MARCH 2006 __________________________________________________________________ Month ending March 2006 March 2005 Change Passengers(1) 2,754,705 2,573,070 + 7.1%Load Factor(2) 86.3% 91.1% - 4.8pp__________________________________________________________________ Rolling 12 months ending March 2006 March 2005 Change Passengers(1) 30,921,244 26,996,777 + 14.5%Load Factor(2) 84.1% 84.6% - 0.5ppTotal Revenue (Unaudited)(3) £1,418m £1,205m + 17.7%__________________________________________________________________ Load factors were strong in March at over 86%, slightly ahead of expectationsand ahead of our 12 month rolling average. Year on year seat capacity grew 13% in the month with passenger growth somewhatlower at 7%. This is due to the exceptionally high loads last year as a resultof Easter falling in March. First half results will be announced on 3rd May 2006. END For further details please contact: easyJet plc Financial:Andrew Barker, Investor Relations +44 (0) 1582 525 982 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 unaudited statutory revenue, which includes the invoiced value ofairline and ancillary services, net of passenger tax This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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