Ryanair's 5.3M April Passenge

RNS Number : 7749R

Ryanair Holdings PLC

06 May 2009

 



Ryanair's 5.3M April passengerS double those of BA

12% INCREASE IN RYANAIR'S PASSENGER NUMBERS 

Ryanair, Europe's largest low fare airline today (6th May 09) confirmed April traffic of 5.3million, a 12% increase over April 2008 and more than double British Airways' declining April traffic.   

Ryanair's continued growth proves that passengers prefer Ryanair's low fares over the high fares and fuel surcharges imposed by flag carriers, such as Air France, British Airways and Lufthansa.  

The following are Ryanair's passenger and load factor statistics for April 2009:

	Apr 08	Apr 09	Increase
Passengers (m) 1	4.7m	5.3m	+12%
Load Factor 2	79%	82%	+3%

1.  Represents the number of booked seats flown by Ryanair.

2.  Represents the number of passengers as a proportion of the number of seats available to passengers.

Stephen McNamara, Head of Communications, said:

'We continue to grow our monthly traffic as passengers switch to Ryanair's guaranteed lowest fares and no fuel surcharge from BA's high fares, unfair fuel surcharges and flight delays.

'Ryanair carried 5.3 million passengers in April, an increase of 12%, and while some growth can be attributed to Easter falling later this year April was another strong month of growth at the expense of high cost airlines who see passengers continue to switch to Ryanair. Ryanair now carries more than double the monthly traffic of BA proving, yet again, that the self titled 'World's favourite airline' isn't even Britain's favourite anymore'.

Ends.                                                  Wednesday 6th May 2009

For further information:

Stephen McNamara                         Pauline McAlester

Ryanair                                             Murray Consultants

Tel: [phone]                     Tel: [phone]

 

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