easyJet unveils August figures
Passenger numbers grew 17.8% to 3.7 million for easJet in August, but load factors were down by 1.9 percentage points to 87.4%.
Over the year period to the end of August, passenger numbers have risen by 12.6% to 36.8 million and load factors are 0.9 percentage points down to 83.8%.
Total revenue for the 12 months was up 11.3% to £1.778 million.
By Bev Fearis
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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