Aer Lingus Group plc (“Aer Lingus”), today announced traffic statistics for the month of October 2010.Aer Lingus’ load factor in October 2010 improved by 1.8 points on October 2009 to 76.4%. Long haul load factor was 71.1%, an increase of 1.0 points on October 2009, with capacity decreasing by 8.2%. Short haul load factor was 79.0%, an increase of 2.0 points on October 2009, with capacity decreasing by 1.2%.
Aer Lingus’ total passenger numbers in October 2010 were 908,000, up 0.7% on October 2009. Short haul passengers were 831,000, a 1.2% increase on October 2009, while long haul passengers were 77,000, a 4.9% decrease on last year.
Aer Lingus significantly reduced its long haul capacity at the end of 2009 and made a smaller reduction to short haul capacity earlier this year. These changes were made to achieve a better match between capacity and market demand in the core market of Ireland, and to remove loss-making routes. As a result, total October 2010 capacity was 3.7% lower than last year.
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