RYANAIR'S MAY TRAFFIC GROWS 22% TO OVER 5 MILLION
The following are Ryanair's passenger and load factor statistics for May 2008. This is the first time that Ryanair or any other UK airline has carried over 5 million passengers in one month.
|
May 07 |
May 08 |
Increase |
12 mth to 31 May 08 |
Passengers (m) 1 |
4.15m |
5.06m |
22% |
52.46 m |
Load Factor 2 |
80% |
80% |
0% |
81% |
Represents the number of earned seats flown by Ryanair. Earned seats include seats that are flown whether or not the passenger turns up because once a flight has departed a no-show customer is not entitled to change flights or seek a refund.
Represents the number of passengers as a proportion of the number of seats available for passengers.
ENDS. Monday, 2nd June 2008
For further information:
Lorna Farren - Ryanair Pauline McAlester - Murray Consultants
Tel: 00 353 1 812 1271 Tel: 00 353 1 4980 300