Aer Lingus Traffic statistics for January

Aer Lingus have published their traffic figures for January.

Total passenger numbers for the month were down 6.5% YoY over January 2008.

On short haul routes numbers fell by 6.1%. Short haul load factor fell from 66.1% in January 2008 to 64.6% in January 2009. Capacity grew 1.3% YoY.

On long haul routes passenger numbers fell 8.6% YoY. Long haul load factor grew from 61.4% in January 2008 to 63.8% in January 2009, against a capacity reduction of 15% YoY.

Overall load factor grew 0.3% YoY to 64.3%.