easyJet reports passenger statistics for September 2013

Month ending September 2013 September 2012 Change
Passengers (1) 5,714,152 5,451,217 4.8%
Load Factor (2) 89.7% 88.5% +1.2pp

Rolling 12 months ending September 2013 September 2012 Change
Passengers (1) 60,757,809 58,399,840 4.0%
Load Factor (2) 89.3% 88.7% 0.6pp

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.