Aer Lingus Group: Traffic Statistics – November 2012

Dublin & London, 6 December 2012: Aer Lingus Group plc (“Aer Lingus”), today announced traffic statistics for the month of November 2012.

Total flown passenger numbers, including Aer Lingus Regional operations, increased by 2.1% to 766,000 in November 2012 compared to November 2011.

Short haul flown passengers, including Aer Lingus Regional, in November 2012 were 679,000, an increase of 1.0% on November 2011, while long haul flown passengers in November 2012 were 87,000, an increase of 13.0% on November 2011.

Aer Lingus mainline’s flown passenger load factor in November 2012 increased by 1.5 points on November 2011 to 76.6%. Short haul flown load factor was 70.5%, a decrease of 3.1 points on November 2011, with capacity decreasing by 2.7%. Short haul flown load factor performance, with its high dependency on Irish originating demand, was adversely impacted by threatened industrial action in the month. Long haul flown load factor was 85.7%, an increase of 8.4 points on November 2011, with capacity increasing by 1.3% on prior year.