annual report 2009 - Aer Lingus

92 Financial Statements Aer Lingus Group Plc – Annual Report 2009Operating and Financial StatisticsFor the year ended 31 December 20092009 2008 ChangeLong haulNumber of routes flown 9 11 (18.2%)Number of sectors flown (flights) 4,884 5,939 (17.8%)Average sector length (in kilometres) 5,472 5,764 (5.1%)Number of passengers (in thousands) 1,077 1,264 (14.8%)Average fare (including airport charges/taxes) (in €) 255.70 303.87 (15.9%)Utilisation (average block hours per aircraft per day) 11.6 14.3 (18.9%)RPKs (in millions) 5,854 7,168 (18.3%)AKS (in millions) 8,008 10,042 (20.3%Passenger load factor (flown RPKs per ASKs) 73.1% 71.4% 1.7ptAverage number of aircraft 8.5 9.0 (5.6%)Scheduled cargo tonnes 18,815 23,408 (19.6%)Short haulNumber of routes flown 107 95 12.6%Number of sectors flown (flights) 69,661 66,831 4.2%Average sector length (in kilometres) 1,048 1,017 3.0%Number of passengers (in thousands) 9,305 8,737 6.5%Average fare (including airport charges/taxes) (in €) 77.10 87.57 (12.0%)Utilisation (average block hours per aircraft per day) 10.2 10.4 (1.9%)RPKs (in millions) 9,965 9,109 9.4%AKS (in millions) 13,220 12,328 7.2%Passenger load factor (flown RPKs per ASKs) 75.4% 73.9% 1.5ptAverage number of aircraft 35.3 32.6 8.3%Scheduled cargo tonnes 6,718 4,536 48.1%