EasyJet traffic, load factor tick higher in October

EasyJet passenger numbers rose 9.9% in October as the load factor ticked higher.

Traffic at the budget airline increased to 7.5m last month from 6.8m in October 2016, as the load factor - which gauges how the full the planes are - edged up to 92.5% from 90.2%.

On a rolling annual basis, traffic was up 10% to 80.9m as the load factor rose to 92.8% from 91.3%.

EasyJet said there were 434 cancellations in October 2017 versus 164 in the same month a year ago, mostly due to the French ATC strike on 10 October, which caused around 200 cancellations, while adverse weather conditions caused around 100 cancellations.