Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Aer Lingus announce March traffic statistics

Aer Lingus announced it's March traffic figures today.
For the month of March the total number of passengers carried was 835,000 down 7% Year on Year (YoY) over 2008. Short haul numbers at 748,000 were down 5.1% while long haul numbers were 87,000, a 20.9% YoY decline.
For the first quarter of the year, short haul numbers are 1.955m, down 6.3% while long haul stands at 229,000 down 14.6%. Total passenger numbers YTD are 2.184m down 7.3%.
During March, short haul load factor grew 0.6% YoY to 78.6% while long haul load factor dropped 0.8% YoY to 71.5%. Total network load factor for the month was 75.6% up 0.3% YoY.
Year to date the short haul load factor is up 1.1% to 73.4% while long haul is up 1.7% to 66.6%. Network load factor YTD is up 1.7% to 70.6%.
Capacity on short haul for the month was down 5.7% to 952m seat kilometers while long haul was down 22.5% to 673m seat kilometers.
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