DUBLIN (dpa-AFX) - Irish airline Aer Lingus Group Plc. (AERL.L) Monday announced a 4.4 percent rise in September traffic from last year, on a capacity increase of 11.5 percent.
Revenue passenger kilometers, or traffic, improved 13.7 percent to 1.63 billion from 1.44 billion in the previous year.
Capacity, measured in available seat kilometers, grew 11.5 percent to 1.96 billion from 1.76 billion in September 2013.
Passenger load factor was up 1.6 percentage points to 83.3 percent from 81.7 percent in the same month last year.
The airline carried 1.04 million passengers in the month, up 5.3 percent from last year's 989 thousand passengers. Aer Lingus' scheduled traffic statistics did not include traffic carried on Aer Lingus' regional or contract flying operations.
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