More airlines report strong August figures
EasyJet carried 6.6 million passenger numbers in August, an 8.4% jump from the previous year.
Its load factors for August were 94.2%, up from 92.8% in August 2013.
In the year to date, easyJet passenger numbers have risen 6.4% to 64.3 million, while load factors have risen 1.1 percentage points to 90.3%.
Meanwhile, Norwegian reported today that it carried 2.3 million passengers in August, a 19% rise on the previous year. Load factors were 83.6%, up 4.4 percentage points.
“The fact that an increasing number of customers outside of Scandinavia choose to fly with Norwegian, proves that our international strategy is working,” said CEO Bj-rn Kjos.
“The August figures are also influenced by major holiday traffic outside of Scandinavia, particularly out of the UK, where Norwegian has a considerable operation."
Yesterday, Ryanair also reported strong August figures, with load factors at 93%, the highest since 2002.
Ryanair carried 9.4 million passengers in August, 400,000 more than in August 2013.
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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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