Ryanair is claiming to have become the first airline ever to carry more than 10 million international passengers in a single month after it saw a 11% leap in traffic in July.
In total, the airline carried 10.14 million passengers, compared with 9.15 million in July 2104. Its load factor (number of available seats sold) rose from 91% to 95%.
The rise boosted Ryanair’s rolling annual traffic by 15% to 95.3 million.
The airline’s spokesman Kenny Jacobs said: "These record customer numbers and highest ever load factors are due to our lower fares, our stronger forward bookings and the continuing success of our ‘Always Getting Better’ customer experience programme, which continues to deliver stronger than expected traffic and load factors on our biggest ever summer schedule.
"Ryanair customers can look forward to more service enhancements in the autumn, as we continue Year 2 of our AGB programme, which include a new website, new app, new cabin interiors, new crew uniforms, improved inflight menus, reduced fees, and great new digital features such as ‘hold the fare’, as Ryanair continues to deliver so much more than just the lowest fares in Europe."
