Ryanair today reported an increase in pessenger number of 5% in the month of September.
The low-cost airline issued a statement this morning that numbers had risen by 400,000 to a total of 8.5 million.
At the same time, passenger load factor - the percentage of seat filled -increased from 85% to 90%.
Its total annual traffic for the previous 12 months now stands at 83.8 million - an increase of 4%.