Aer Lingus today announced traffic statistics for January 2012, when total flown passenger numbers, including Aer Lingus Regional operations, increased by 7.3% on January 2011.
Aer Lingus’s total flown passenger numbers were 563,000, a 5.8% increase. Short-haul passengers were 514,000, 6.2% up, while long-haul passengers were 49,000, an increase of 2.1%.
Aer Lingus Regional’s total flown passenger numbers were 53,000, an increase of 26.2% compared to January 2011.
Aer Lingus’s flown passenger load factor in January 2012 increased by 0.1 points on January 2011 to 62.3%. Short-haul load factor was 62.5%, an increase of 2.0 points, with capacity increasing by 4.6%. Long-haul load factor was 61.8%, a decrease of 3.9 points, with capacity increasing by 8.0%.