Aer Lingus today announced traffic statistics for the month of April 2009. Total passenger numbers increased by 10.9% to 945,000.

Aer Lingus’ total passenger numbers increased by 10.9% to 945,000 in April 2009 compared to April 2008, being a 13.2% increase on short haul and a 5.8% reduction on long haul.

Aer Lingus’ overall load factor in the month increased by 4.1 points versus April 2008. Short haul load factor was 77.5%, which was 3.2 points up on 2008, while capacity increased by 8.4% year on year. Long haul load factor was 70.4%, which was up 4.3 points versus 2008, with capacity decreasing by 14.9%.