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easyJet carries almost 3 million passengers in December

Thursday 10 Jan 2008 8:06am

Following Ryanair's announcement of record passenger numbers for December, easyJet have today announced their December traffic figures. Over 2. 9 million passengers were carried on easyJet 300+ routes around Europe which is almost a 10% increase on December the previous year. Global demand for cheap flights, including an increasing demand and competition in cheap flights around Europe has resulted in many of the bigger low-cost carriers carrying more passengers each year. 2007 saw easyJet carry almost 38. 2 million passengers in the 12 month period - up over 13. 5% compared to the previous year. Christmas and New Year are always busy periods for travelling and the period in 2008 has been no exception. Although easyJet has seen a healthy growth in passenger numbers, competitor airline Ryanair say growth close to 20%. The crucial measure of "load factor" (which is a percentage of how full each plan is when it flies) was down 2. 2% in December - an indication that on average, each flight had 3 less people on it than the previous year. easyJet shares were down 7% on the London stock market when the figures were announced.

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