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easyJet PLC06 October 2006 6th October 2006 EASYJET PASSENGER STATISTICS FOR SEPTEMBER 2006 ________________________________________________________________________________ Month ending September 2006 September 2005 Change Passengers(1) 3,011,145 2,743,221 + 9.8 %Load Factor(2) 86.5% 86.4% + 0.1 pp________________________________________________________________________________ Rolling 12 months ending September 2006 September 2005 Change Passengers(1) 32,953,287 29,557,640 + 11.5 %Load Factor(2) 84.8% 85.2% - 0.4 ppTotal Revenue (Unaudited)(3) £1,620m £1,341m + 20.7 %_______________________________________________________________________________ September revenue was slightly ahead of expectations marking an encouraging endto easyJet's financial year. Passenger growth for the year was 11.5%, with unitrevenue (total revenue per seat) showing an increase of 7.8% compared with theprevious year. As a result, easyJet now expects pre-tax profit for the yearended 30 September 2006 to be slightly ahead of its previous guidance forpre-tax profit growth of 40% to 50%. easyJet has developed its position as the largest low cost airline in Spain andduring September announced 6 new routes from Madrid including 2 domesticservices to La Coruna and Asturias/Oviedo as well as new routes to Toulouse,Lyon, Casablanca and Rome. In addition, easyJet is adding extra frequencies onexisting routes from Madrid to London Gatwick, Berlin, Geneva, and MilanMalpensa. easyJet will announce its preliminary results for the year ended 30 September2006 on 14 November 2006. END For further details please contact: easyJet plc Financial:Julia Collins, Investor Relations +44 (0) 1582 525 258Andrew 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 statutory revenue (unaudited) This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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