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| Record Long-Haul Growth & Load Factor |
Aer Lingus announced it carried a total of 1.126 million passenger including Aer Lingus Regional in August. The airline stated the heatwave in July effected it’s August short-haul bookings down 2.4%.
In long-haul passengers it carried a record 121,000 passengers up 17.5% on an 15.7% increase in capacity with a load factor of 94.9% up 1.2 points (Full flights). This underscores the success of it’s long-haul Dublin hub strategy providing connectivity with partners to drive passenger volumes, and summer peak traffic with The Gathering 2013.
It carried 884,00 short-haul passengers down 2.4% on an 1.9% reduction in capacity with a load factor of 82.1% down 2.5 points.
Aer Lingus Regional carried 121,000 passengers in July up 13.1%.
Year to date Aer Lingus carried 7.33 million passengers up 2.1%.
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