Easyjet boosts passenger numbers in November

4th Dec 2014 07:16

More passengers travelled on Easyjet last month than a year ago, the budget airline said on Thursday.The Luton-based carrier increased passenger numbers by 3.1% to 4,386,296 in November against the same month in 2013. The load factor - a measure of how full its aircraft were - increased by 0.5 percentage points to 89.5%.In the year to November, passenger numbers were 6.6% ahead at 65,204,437 with a load factor up 1.5 percentage points at 90.8%.Last month, the airline reported a 21.5% rise in annual pre-tax profits to £581m on a 6.3% rise in revenue to just above £4.5bn.