Ryanair reports 22% rise in passenger numbers
Ryanair enjoyed a significant rise in passenger numbers last month.
A total of 6.35 million people travelled with the airline in November - up 22% on the same period in 2013.
Annual traffic figures are now up 5% for the year to 85.4 million. Load factor rose by 7 percentage points to 88%.
Ryanair says the rise is thanks to its new customer care programme and new routes coming on stream.
There were also rises in traffic for two other budget carriers – easyJet and Scandinavian airline Norwegian.
A total of 6.35 million passengers flew with Ryanair in November – a 22% increase on the same month last year.
Ryanair carried 85.4 million passengers in the 12 months ending in November – a 5% rise on the previous year.
EasyJet carried more than 4.38 million passengers last month, which was 3.1% up on November last year.
In the 12 months ending in November, 65.2 million passengers flew with easyJet - a 6.6% increase on the previous year.
Norwegian, whose services include flights from Gatwick to the US, carried 1.76 million passengers last month – a 5% rise on November last year.
