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Aer Lingus today announced traffic statistics for the month of May 2010 and reported that its passenger numbers fell by almost 10% in May compared with the same month last year, hit by more disruption from Icelandic volcanic ash.
Aer Lingus’ operations were again impacted during the month of May 2010 by the closure of Irish and UK airspace and parts of European airspace due to ash clouds resulting from the eruption of the volcano in Eyjafjallajokull, Iceland. As a consequence of the disruptions caused by the ash clouds, there were eleven days in May 2010 where Aer Lingus did not operate all of its scheduled flights.
Aer Lingus’ total passenger numbers in May 2010 were 876,000, a decrease of 9.9% compared to May 2009. Short haul passengers were 797,000, a 9.6% decrease on May 2009 and long haul passengers were 79,000, a 12.2% decrease on May 2009.
Aer Lingus’ overall load factor in the month was 79.3%, an increase of 5.6 points compared to May 2009, with capacity decreasing by 17.7%. Short haul load factor was 80.0%, an increase of 1.9 points on 2009, with capacity decreasing by 11.6%.
Long haul load factor was 77.9%, an increase of 11.7 points on 2009, with capacity decreasing by 28.1%.
