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Late Easter Boosts British Airways' Passenger Figures

May 5, 2006

Economy traffic soared 10.9% and, in total, the airline carried 3.07 million passengers last month - 5% more than in April 2005.

Source Air Correspondent, Press Association Newsfile

The late Easter this year helped boost British Airways' passenger numbers in April 2006, it was announced today.

Economy traffic soared 10.9% and, in total, the airline carried 3.07 million passengers last month - 5% more than in April 2005.

UK and Europe traffic rose 1.9%, while North and South America passenger numbers were up 7.6%. Asia Pacific increased 14.2% and Africa and the Middle East rose 17.1%.

BA passenger planes were 78.7% full last month compared with a figure of 74.7% in April 2005.

Meanwhile, low-fare carrier Ryanair announced it carried 3.44 million passengers in April 2006.

This was 29% more than in April 2005 and was the airline's highest monthly figure so far.

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