RYANAIR MAY TRAFFIC GROWS 350,000 (+5%)

RNS Number : 3663G

Ryanair Holdings PLC

05 June 2013

 



RYANAIR MAY TRAFFIC GROWS 350,000 (+5%) 

79.8M PAX CARRIED IN 12 MONTHS TO MAY 13 (UP 4%)

Ryanair, Europe's only ultra-low cost carrier (ULCC), today (4 June) released passenger and load factor stats for May 2013, with its monthly traffic increasing by 350,000 (up 5%) to 7.86m passengers over May 2012. Ryanair's rolling 12-month traffic to May 2013 rose by 4% to a record 79.8m passengers, as follows:

	May 12	May 13	Change	Yr to May 13
Passengers	7.51M	7.86M	+5%	79.8M (+4%)
Load Factor	81%	82%	+1%	82%

Ryanair's Robin Kiely said:

"Ryanair's traffic increased by 5% over May 2012 and our load factor rose by 1%, as we enjoyed a record 12-month period with almost 80m passengers choosing one of our ultra-low fares since May 2012, a rise of 4%. Only Ryanair sells Europe's lowest fares with no fuel surcharges guaranteed, across over 1,600 routes, connecting 180 destinations, while delivering Europe's No 1 customer service, with the most on-time flights, fewest cancellations and least mishandled bags."

ENDS

For further information

please contact:          

Robin Kiely                            Joe Carmody 

                                    Ryanair Ltd                            Edelman Ireland

                                    Tel: [phone]              Tel: [phone]

                                    [e-mail]                [e-mail]

 

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