EasyJet traffic up 9% in July
Budget airline easyJet reported a 9% jump in passenger numbers in July as the load factor ticked higher.
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Passenger numbers rose to 8.17m from 7.5m in June, while the load factor - which gauges how full the planes are - edged up to 96.8% from 95.8%.
On a rolling 12-month basis, passenger numbers were up 9% to 78.78m while the load factor rose to 92.2% from 91.7%.
The company added that there were were 541 cancellations in July compared to 350 in the same month last year.