Aer Lingus Group: Traffic Statistics for January 2013

Dublin & London, 6 February 2013: Aer Lingus Group plc (“Aer Lingus”), today announced traffic statistics for the month of January 2013.

Total flown passenger numbers, including Aer Lingus Regional operations, increased by 3.6% to 638,000 in January 2013 compared to January 2012.

Short haul flown passengers, including Aer Lingus Regional, in January 2013 were 583,000, an increase of 2.8% on January 2012, while long haul flown passengers in January 2013 were 55,000, an increase of 12.2% on January 2012.

Aer Lingus mainline’s flown passenger load factor in January 2013 increased by 2.3 points on January 2012 to 64.6%. Short haul flown load factor was 62.7%, an increase of 0.2 points on January 2012, with capacity decreasing by 4.4%. Long haul flown load factor was 68.2%, an increase of 6.4 points on January 2012, with capacity increasing by 2.9% on prior year.