easyJet passenger statistics for December 2008

Below are the easyJet passenger statistics for December 2008.

Month ending	December 2008	December 2007	Change
Passengers1	3,111,388	2,899,349	7.3%
Load Factor2	82.3%	78.9%	3.3pp

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Rolling 12 month ending	December 2008	December 2007	Change
Passengers1	44,583,476	38,234,700	16.6%
Load Factor2	84.6%	83.5%	1.2pp

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.