Easyjet sees passenger numbers rise 7.7% in July

6th Aug 2014 07:31

Budget carrier Easyjet said that passenger numbers in July were 7.7% higher than last year.The no-refund airline said on Wednesday that the passengers - represented by the number of earned seats flown regardless of whether the customer shows up for the flight - totalled 6.43m last month, up from 5.89m a year earlier.Meanwhile, the load factor - a measure of how full its planes are - improved by 1.3 percentage points year-on-year to 92.9%.While down slightly on the 10.1% annual growth seen in June the results helped lift passenger numbers for the rolling 12 months ending July to 63.83m, up 5.9% year-on-year and a pick-up from the 5.4% increase in June.BC