Easyjet's passenger numbers rose 6.1% in February to 4.49 million compared to a year ago, the airline reported on Thursday.The company's load factor, the number of passengers to the number of seats available, rose 2.2 percentage points (pp) to 90.9%.On a rolling 12-month basis to February, passenger numbers increased 6.5% to 65.6m and the load factor climbed 1.4pp to 90.8%