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EasyJet reports growth in March

•Wednesday, 8 April 2015•3 min read

EasyJet passenger numbers grew 7.5% to 5.49 million in March.

Load factors increased slightly by 1.1 percentage point to 92.6%.

Rolling passenger numbers for the 12 months climbed 6.7% while load factors rose 1.4 percentage points to 90.9%.

Yesterday, low-cost rival Ryanair also revealed higher figures for March.

Both airlines were helped by the early Easter school holidays, which began in March.