Aer Lingus has reported a 0.7% increase in passenger numbers for July, with the number of passengers it carried rising to 1,027,000 from 1,020,000 the same time last year.
The airline said its short-haul passenger numbers last month rose by 1.1% to 931,000 while its long-haul numbers fell by 3% to 96,000.
Aer Lingus also said its load factor - how many seats it fills on each flight - decreased by 1.1 percentage points on July 2010 to 84.7%.
