Aer Lingus announces increase in passenger numbers

Aer Lingus today announced that total flown passenger numbers, including Aer Lingus Regional operations, increased by 0.9% to 962,000 in October 2012 compared to October 2011.

Short-haul flown passengers, including Aer Lingus Regional, in October 2012 were 876,000, an increase of 0.1% on October 2011, while long-haul flown passengers in October 2012 were 86,000, an increase of 10.3% on October 2011.

Aer Lingus mainline’s flown passenger load factor in October 2012 increased by 1.5 points on October 2011 to 79.2%.

Short-haul flown load factor was 77.4%, a decrease of 1.7 points on October 2011, with capacity decreasing by 1.3%.

Long-haul flown load factor was 83%, an increase of 8.3 points on October 2011, with capacity decreasing by 0.7% on prior year.