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Budget travel Christmas slump
Budget carriers Ryanair and Wizz flew 80% fewer passengers for the second consecutive month in December.
Traffic on Ryanair was down by 83% to just 1.9 million passengers last month. During the whole of 2020 it flew just over 52 million passengers, two-thirds fewer than in 2019.
Wizz carried 665,000 passengers last month, a fall of 80%. It revealed today that almost half of the seats on its flights were empty in December, which led to a 44% increase in Co2 emissions per passenger.
The Hungary-based airline carried only 16 million during the whole of 2020, a 58% year-on-year fall.
Linsey McNeill
Editor Linsey McNeill has been writing about travel for more than three decades. Bylines include The Times, Telegraph, Observer, Guardian and Which? plus the South China Morning Post. She also shares insider tips on thetraveljournalist.co.uk
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