Aer Lingus announce 3.5% fall in passenger numbers

Aer Lingus Group have announced a 3.5% decrease in passenger numbers for February 2010 as compared to the same month last year.

Aer Lingus’ total passenger numbers in February 2010 were 664,000 with short haul passengers at 618,000, a 0.3% decrease on February 2009 and long haul passengers at 46,000, a 32.4% slump.

Aer Lingus’ overall load factor in the month was 69.9%, a decrease of 2.1 points compared to February 2009, with capacity decreasing by 8.2%.

Short haul load factor was 70.8%, a decrease of 6.7 points on 2009, with capacity increasing by 12.7%.

Long haul load factor was 67.7%, an increase of 3.4 points on 2009, with capacity decreasing by 37.5%.