Aer Lingus said today its passenger traffic for June rose 10.1 per cent to 852,000 compared with 774,000 last June.
The carrier said its passenger load factor for June fell 1.2 points to 80.1 per cent and its year-to-date load factor fell 1.8 points to 75.3 per cent.
The company said its short-haul passenger traffic for June rose 9.4 per cent to 735,000 passengers compared with 672,000 last June and its long-haul traffic rose 14.7 per cent to 117,000 passengers.
The airline's short-haul revenue passenger kilometres (RPKs) in June rose 12.8 per cent to 758 million over last year, while long-haul RPKs rose 15.1 per cent to 642 million, the airline said.