Aer Lingus revenue grows 5.9%

AER LINGUS expects to meet full-year targets after performing strongly in the key summer months and achieving a pre-exceptional operating profit of €94.6 million in the third quarter.

Revenue for the quarter increased by 5.9%, on a year-on-year basis.

The figures also bring to €66.8m, pre-exceptional operating profit for the first nine months of 2011. The third-quarter profit figure represented a year-on-year increase of 19.4%.