04/12/2014

Aer Lingus Reports Fall In Passenger Numbers

Aer Lingus has reported a fall in passenger numbers for the month of November when compared to the same month in 2013.

In total, the airline carried 702,000 passengers last month, which is down by 3.6% from November last year.

The company said the figures were in line with a planned reduction in its short-haul capacity.

Short haul traffic for the month fell by 9.1%, from 560,000 in November 2013, to 509,000 last month.

With regards to long haul traffic, Aer Lingus said this increased by 28.4% to 104,000 passengers. This compares to 81,000 passengers in November 2013.

Looking at load factors, which is how many seats are occupied on each flight, this fell by 0.7% to 72.6% for the month.

Elsewhere, total passenger numbers for the 11 months to the end of November rose by 3.7% to 10.373 million.

(JP/IT)

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