Ryanair today announced record passenger figures for a European low fares airline.
The airline carried over three million passengers in one month for the first time.
Ryanair’s CEO Michael O’Leary said: "This is more passengers in one month than we carried in all of 1997 or almost half of Aer Lingus’ total annual passenger numbers.
"To celebrate we are launching a three million Europe-wide September seat sale at our lowest ever prices on all routes."