Low-budget airline easyJet has announced that passenger numbers rose by 12.3 per cent during March.
According to today's figures, 3.1 million people flew with the airline last month, compared to 2.8 million in March 2005.
But despite the significant increase, easyJet's load factor, the proportion of seats being filled on their flights, fell by 1.9 percentage points to 84.4 per cent.
On a 12-month rolling basis the no-frills airline added that passenger numbers went up by 11.7 per cent to 34.5 million.
In addition, unaudited revenue now stands at £1.71 billion, an increase of more than a fifth.
Last November easyJet unveiled record profits of £129 million, up from £83 million in 2005.
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