EasyJet reveals November passenger surge

EasyJet says its passenger numbers surged last month after it added routes and took over Go Fly.

November passenger numbers rose to 1.48 million from 690,000 a year earlier.

The load factor, or proportion of seats filled, fell to 80% from 85.2% in the year-ago month.

Go Fly, as an independent company, carried 382,830 passengers with a load factor of 75.6% in November 2001 and easyJet carried 690,928 passengers with a load factor of 85.2% in the same period.

EasyJet took over smaller rival Go Fly in August.