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| Michael O'Leary, CEO of Ryanair (left) with Ray Conner, Boeing Commercial Airplanes president and CEO, Paris, June 2013. |
Ryanair flew 9m passengers and Aer Lingus carried
1.1m in August, according to the airlines today.
Ryanair's traffic increased by 1% compared with
August 2012 and annual traffic to the end of August was up 2% to over 80m
passengers.
The load factor increased by 1% to 89% in the
month of August while the load factor for the year to the end of August was 82%.
Ryanair said it's the first airline in Europe to
carry over 9m passengers in a month.
Aer Lingus reported
that total flown
passenger numbers, including Aer Lingus Regional operations, increased by 0.9%
to 1,126,000 in August 2013 compared to August 2012.
Short haul flown
passengers, including Aer Lingus Regional, in August 2013 were 1,005,000, a
decrease of 0.8% on August 2012, while long haul flown passengers in August 2013
were 121,000, an increase of 17.5% on August 2012
Aer Lingus
mainline’s flown passenger load factor in August 2013 decreased by 0.7 points on
August 2012 to 86.6%. Short haul flown load factor was 82.1%, a decrease of 2.5
points on August 2012, with capacity decreasing by 1.9%. The airline said it "previously noted in
our 2013 first half results outlook statement that good weather conditions in
July had somewhat eroded our forward booking profile. The impact of this is
reflected in our August short haul figures. Long haul flown load factor was
94.9%, an increase of 1.7 points on August 2012, with capacity increasing by
15.7% on prior year."
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