Customer numbers rise by 3% at Ryanair

Customer numbers increased by three per cent at Ryanair for June, compared to the same period last year.

Figures released on Wednesday by the airline showed Ryanair carried 19.9 million passengers, an increase of 19.3 million in June 2024.

Load factor, a measure of how full aircraft are, was in line with last year at 95 per cent.

Ryanair operated more than 109,000 flights during the month. 800 flights were cancelled in June due to the conflict in the Middle East.

On a rolling 12-month basis to the end of December, traffic rose 7 per cent compared to the previous year, reaching 202.6 million.