Aer Lingus Group Traffic Statistics – February 2013

Dublin & London, 6 March 2013: Aer Lingus Group plc (“Aer Lingus”), today announced traffic statistics for the month of February 2013.

Total flown passenger numbers, including Aer Lingus Regional operations, decreased by 1.5% to 648,000 in February 2013 compared to February 2012. It should be noted that there were 28 days in February 2013 compared with 29 days in February 2012.

Aer Lingus’ mainline short haul flown passengers in February 2013 were 532,000, a decrease of 3.9% on February 2012. Short haul capacity in the month (as measured by ASKs) decreased by 9.7%. However, network changes reduced average sector length leading to an increase in load factor of 1.5 points compared with February 2012.

Long haul flown passengers in February 2013 were 43,000, a decrease of 4.4% on February 2012. Long haul capacity in the month decreased by 3.5% resulting in a 0.1 point increase in long haul load factor compared with February 2012.