easyJet passenger statistics for January 2014

easyJet has now published its passenger statistics for January 2014. Passenger numbers are up 3.7% over last year and the load factor up one percentage point.

Month ending January 2014 January 2013 Change
Passengers (1) 4,021,678 3,878,640 3.7%
Load Factor (2) 85.4% 84.4% 1.0pp

Rolling 12 months ending January 2014 January 2013 Change
Passengers (1) 61,475,841 59,354,758 3.6%
Load Factor (2) 89.4% 88.9% 0.5pp

1. Represents the number of earned seats flown. Earned seats include seats that are flown whether or not the passenger turns up because easyJet is a no-refund airline, and once a flight has departed a no-show customer is generally not entitled to change flights or seek a refund. Earned seats also include seats provided for promotional purposes and to staff for business travel.

2. Represents the number of passengers as a proportion of the number of seats available for passengers. No weighting of the load factor is carried out to recognise the effect of varying flight (or “stage”) lengths.