Vueling traffic drops 8% in Feb-2011

Vueling Airlines reported an 8% fall in Feb-2011 traffic on Friday, with passenger numbers falling by more than 50,000 to 630,000. Average load factors dropped 3 percentage points, to 68.5%. The carrier cut aircraft movements to 3.4%, but added a new aircraft to its fleet compared with 2009, taking the total to 36. Shares in Vueling were 3.3% lower on Friday.