Irish based airline, Aer Lingus, today announced its scheduled passenger traffic rose by 6.4 per cent last month. The company, which is currently the subject of a possible takeover bid from low budget giants Ryanair, also unveiled new short haul routes for 2007.
An initial bid from Ryanair was rejected by Aer Lingus. The airline is expected to release a detailed document next week, which will outline the company’s reasons for objecting to the takeover.
Aer Lingus released figures showing that its scheduled passenger traffic rose 6.4 per cent to 777,000 passengers. On the contrary long haul passenger load factor had dropped by 7.4 per cent to 72.8 per cent in the month. The main factor behind these figures being the security alerts at UK airports in August, which resulted in a decrease in advance bookings for the both September and October.
The new routes that the company wants to introduce include a first scheduled service to Greece, as well as increasing the frequency of some of its existing European flights .
A company spokesperson said, "This brings to 65 the number of short haul routes Aer Lingus will operate for summer 2007 and continues the strategy of increasing frequency on existing routes and adding new routes that have identifiable customer demand."
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