Ryanair (Dublin) celebrated a milestone in August and issued this statement (while taking a swipe at Aer Lingus):
Ryanair released its passenger and load factor statistics for August 2013:
- Traffic increased by 1% to over 9 million passengers.
- First European airline ever to carry 9 million passengers in one month.
- Annual traffic to end August grew 2% to over 80 million passengers.
- Load factor increased 1% to 89%.
- Ryanair carries 9 million passengers in a month, Aer Lingus carries 9 million in a year!
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Aug 12
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Aug 13
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Change
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Yr to Aug 13
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Passengers
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8.90M
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9.02M
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+1%
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80.2M (+2%)
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Load Factor
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88%
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89%
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+1%
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82%
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Ryanair celebrated its first ever 9 million passenger month by releasing 900,000 seats for travel in October and November at fares starting from just €14.99 one-way.
Ryanair: 