EasyJet passenger numbers taking off

Low-cost airline EasyJet grew passenger numbers by 7.6 per cent last month, despite disruption caused by the snow and ice, figures yesterday revealed.

The number of seats flown, regardless of whether passengers turned up, increased to just below 3.66 million.

Meanwhile, load factor - which represents the number of passengers flown as a proportion of the number of seats available - grew to 85.8 per cent from 85.4 per cent a year earlier.