EasyJet traffic climbs

6th Jun 2011 07:07

Budget airline easyJet saw a sharp rise in the number its passengers flew in May from the same period the previous year as travellers continued to splash out on cheap flights.It flew 4.74m passengers during the month, up from 4.26m in the same month the previous year. However, load factor, a measure of how full planes are, was down to 84.1% from 85.8% having been boosted in May 2010 by the repatriation of flyers who were left stranded by the ash cloud following the Icelandic volcano that erupted in March.---RG