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easyJet PLC07 December 2005 7th December 2005 EASYJET PASSENGER STATISTICS FOR NOVEMBER 2005____________________________________________________________________ Month ending November 2005 November 2004 Change Passengers1 2,297,895 2,120,948 + 8.3%Load Factor2 80.2% 81.2% - 1.0pp____________________________________________________________________ Rolling 12 months ending November 2005 November 2004 Change Passengers1 30,064,445 25,249,936 + 19.1%Load Factor2 85.0% 84.6% + 0.4ppTotal Revenue (Unaudited) 3 £1,366m £1,127m + 21.2%__________________________________________________________________ Andrew Harrison, easyJet Chief Executive, said: "In November we announced our results for the year ended 30 September 2005,reporting profit before tax and goodwill of £85m. Our guidance is that we expectto achieve mid to high single-digit percentage profit growth for current year.While we aim to grow our capacity, measured in terms of available seats, by 15%this year, the first part of the year will show a lower growth rate due to thecomparison with growth in excess of 25% this time last year. "In the month that we celebrated our 10th anniversary, we carried over 30million passengers in a 12 month period for the first time, reflecting thedemand for low-cost air travel and our ability to meet it." 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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