easyJet passenger statistics for March 2009
Below are the easyJet passenger statistics for March 2009.| Month ending | March 2009 | March 2008 | Change |
| Passengers1 | 3,494,312 | 3,730,134 | (6.3)% |
| Load Factor2 | 84.7% | 87.4% | (2.8)pp |
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| Rolling 12 month ending | March 2009 | March 2008 | Change |
| Passengers1 | 44,203,831 | 39,652,382 | 11.5% |
| Load Factor2 | 84.9% | 83.6% | 1.3pp |
The Load factor for March was down 2.8 percentage points versus last year due to the movement of Easter from March in 2008 to April in 2009.
For the six months to 31 March 2009 in line with our expectations the load factor increased by 1.7 percentage points and total passenger numbers grew by 2.9 %.
1Represents 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.
2Represents 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.