UPDATE 1-Aer Lingus Aug traffic gains
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DUBLIN, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Aer Lingus (AERL.I: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) (AERL.L: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) carried 1.01 million passengers in August, or 8.8 percent more than a year earlier, though individual flights were slightly less full, the carrier said on Friday.
Ireland's former state airline said its load factor -- seats filled as a percentage of capacity -- was 80.5 percent in August, compared with 81.7 percent a year ago.
Passenger traffic, measured in revenue passenger kilometres (RPKs), rose 8.8 percent from the same period in 2007, the airline said in a statement.
On short-haul routes the load factor rose to 83.0 percent from 82.9 percent a year earlier, while RPKs were 15.6 percent higher.
On long-haul flights, the load factor fell to 77.5 percent from 80.3 percent last year, with RPKs up 0.8 percent.
(Reporting by Jonathan Saul)
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