4 February 2011

EasyJet saw a 19.1% rise in passengers for January 2011 – 3.74 million from 3.14 million in January 2010; and a 0.4% decrease in load factor for the month – slipping 0.4% to 78.9% from 79.3% last year. The budget airline has now passed the 50 million passengers a year milestone for the first time.

For the rolling twelve months ending January 2011, total passenger numbers grew 8.5% to 50.32 million from 46.38 million in the prior year period. The average load factor for the twelve months improved by 0.8% to 87.1% from 86.2% a year ago.

http://www.uk-airport-news.info/stansted-airport-news-040211.html

http://corporate.easyjet.com/en/media/latest-news/news-year-2011/04-02-2011-en.aspx