easyJet reports passenger statistics for October 2013

Month ending October 2013 October 2012 Change
Passengers 1 5,530,091 5,245,201 5.4%
Load Factor 2 89.1% 88.4% +0.7pp

Rolling 12 months ending October 2013 October 2012 Change
Passengers 1 61,042,699 58,705,137 4.0%
Load Factor 2 89.4% 88.6% 0.8pp

easyJet cancelled 179 flights in October 2013 against 27 in October 2012. The increase in cancellations was largely driven by air traffic control strikes at French and Italian airports.

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.