Ryanair records busiest month ever in June as load factor hits 95%

Ryanair had its busiest period ever successful June arsenic it flew 15.9 cardinal passengers, up by 203% from conscionable 5.3 cardinal a twelvemonth earlier and topping a erstwhile precocious acceptable successful May.

Its load factor, which measures however good an hose is filling disposable seats, reached 95% for the archetypal clip since the opening of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The airline, Europe’s largest by rider numbers, said it operated implicit 88,500 flights successful June arsenic its load origin roseate from 92% a period earlier, erstwhile it flew 15.4 cardinal passengers.

Ryanair’s load origin regularly reached astatine slightest 96% a period earlier the pandemic and deed 97% successful June 2019.

The debased outgo hose has said it expects to alert 15% much passengers this summertime than successful the aforesaid play of 2019, and volition transportation a grounds 165 cardinal passengers successful the twelvemonth to March 2023.

It carried conscionable nether 100 cardinal passengers successful the twelvemonth to March 2022 and its pre-Covid grounds precocious was 149 million.

Ryanair said past week that little than 2% of its flights were affected by an archetypal question of strikes by compartment unit unions successful Belgium, Spain, Portugal, France and Italy.

It added connected Saturday that it expected “minimal (if any) disruption” from 12 much onslaught days announced by immoderate Spain-based compartment unit for aboriginal this month.