BA Easter boost

05/04/2005 - 15:37:31
Boosted by the early Easter, British Airways carried an increased number of passengers last month, it was announced today.

A total of 2.98 million people travelled on BA scheduled services in March 2005 – 1.1% up on the March 2004 total.

The biggest increase was in the Asia-Pacific sector, where numbers rose 9.8% to 152,000 last month.

BA’s planes were 75.7% full in March 2005 – an increase of 1.7% on the March 2004 total.