Passenger numbers up at airlines

Aer Lingus has reported a 2.3 per cent increase in passenger numbers in March. The

airline said the total number of passengers carried during the month, including regional

traffic, was 815,000 — up 2.3 per cent on March 2014.

Aer Lingus said long-haul traffic was up by 25.3 per cent to 94,000 passengers in the

month, compared with 75,000 passengers in the same month last year. The airline’s

overall load factor — the ...