easyJet posts modest climb in July passenger numbers

6th Aug 2013 07:46

Airline easyJet has reported passenger statistics for July, revealing a two per cent year-on-year rise in numbers for the four-week period. As such, the number of passengers rose from 5.86m to 5.98m, although the load factor actually declined 0.9 percentage points. On a 12-month rolling basis, passenger numbers climbed 4.3% from 57.8m to 60.3m year-on-year, with the load factor rising 0.3 percentage points. The load factor represents the number of passengers as a proportion of the number of available seats. NR