EasyJet carried 35.8% more passengers last month, according to the group’s latest air traffic statistics.
Passengers rose to 721,642 in February 2002 from 531,235 in February 2001. The load factor, or proportion of seats filled, rose to 87.2% from 82.3% a year ago.
Below are the easyJet passenger statistics for February 2002.
|
February 2002 |
February 2001 |
Year-on-year increase |
Rolling 12 months ending 28 Feb 2002 |
|
|
Passengers1 |
721,642 |
531,235 |
35.8% |
8,019,113 |
|
Load Factor2 |
87.2% |
82.3% |
|
84.4% |
1. Represents the number of earned seats flown by easyJet. Earned seats include seats that are flown whether or not the passenger turns up because easyJet is generally a no-refund airline, and once a flight has departed a no-show customer is generally not entitled to change flights or seek a refund. Earned seats also include seats provided for promotional purposes and to easyJet staff for business travel.
2. Represents the number of passengers as a proportion of the number of seats available for passengers. No weighting of the load factor is carried out to recognise the effect of varying flight (or “stage”) lengths.
