easyJet reports passenger statistics for February 2013

Month ending February 2013 February 2012 Change
Passengers (1) 4,112,186 3,976,741 3.4%
Load Factor (2) 90.5% 87.6% 2.9pp

Rolling 12 months ending February 2013 February 2012 Change
Passengers (1) 59,490,203 55,599,755 7.0%
Load Factor (2) 88.2% 87.8% 1.4pp

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.