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Budget airline Easyjet (up 4.7p at 381.1p) saw passenger numbers soar last month as customers rediscovered their appetite for foreign holidays.

The company said it flew 5.2million passengers in August, a jump of 8.4 per cent on the same month last year. Each plane was even more packed than usual, with flights 92.3 per cent full on average, up from 91.8 per cent last summer.

The airline said the suggestion that the public is not taking holidays abroad appears to be unfounded.
A spokesman said: 'The demand for going abroad remains strong. People might be avoiding the expensive holidays that cost thousands of pounds, but a budget European flight is the option people seem to be taking.' The news comes as rival Ryanair also saw a sharp increase in numbers for August. The airline carried 7.6million people, up 12 per cent, with 89 per cent of seats filled. By comparison, BA (down 2.2p at 220.8p) saw further falls in passenger numbers.

For August, the flag carrier's passenger figures dropped slightly to 3.2million, with all destinations apart from Europe dropping.

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