7th Oct 2005 07:00
easyJet PLC07 October 2005 7th October 2005 EASYJET PASSENGER STATISTICS FOR SEPTEMBER 2005 ___________________________________________________________________________ Month ending September 2005 September 2004 Change Passengers1 2,743,221 2,355,324 +16.5%Load Factor2 86.4% 86.9% -0.5pp ___________________________________________________________________________ Rolling 12 months ending September 2005 September 2004 Change Passengers1 29,557,640 24,343,649 +21.4%Load Factor2 85.2% 84.5% +0.7ppTotal Revenue (Unaudited) 3 £1,342m £1,091m +23%___________________________________________________________________________ Ray Webster, easyJet Chief Executive, said: "September passenger growth was in line with expectations. On top of doubledigit volume growth, unit revenue (total revenue per seat flown) for the fullyear has increased by 2.1% vs. last year. We re-iterate our guidance fromAugust: that we expect reported pre-tax profit for the year ended September 2005to be broadly in line with last year. "During the month we announced four new routes from our newest continentalEuropean base - Basel - to Paris (Charles de Gaulle), Amsterdam, Lisbon andPrague. We have expanded our Berlin base with the launch of two new routes, toRome and Milan (Malpensa). At the same time, we have continued to grow our UKproduct, with the announcement of one new route from Newcastle to Faro and thelaunch of two new routes from London Gatwick to Berlin and Murcia." 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 339Ben Foster, (Financial Dynamics) +44 (0) 20 7269 7247 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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