easyJet july passenger figures show an overall increase on 2005 by 11.3% with an average load factor of just over 90%.
easyJet continues to expand and improve its customer offering through growing its network and improving schedule quality and routes offered. In the quarter easyJet started flying 19 new routes, among them further expansion from our youngest base at Milan Malpensa where we now operate 12 routes to destinations in Spain, Italy, Germany, France, Greece, the UK and Portugal. 11 routes were also launched connecting UK bases in London, Scotland and Liverpool with various European destinations; and 4 routes began operating between bases in France and Switzerland and destinations in Italy, Spain, and Turkey. The easyJet footprint has expanded further outside the EU, and easyJet now serves 21 countries with the recent additions of Croatia, Turkey, and Morocco.
In June, easyJet announced plans for significant expansion from London Gatwick this winter with a new three-times daily service to Glasgow starting in October, and added frequencies on routes serving Madrid, Milan, Cologne, Athens, Berlin and Amsterdam. This has been partly facilitated by the re-deployment of aircraft from under performing routes. easyJet now operates 121 aircraft on 267 routes between 74 airport in 21 countries.