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Airlines record rise in June carryings

EasyJet saw a 10% jump in passenger carryings in June with an improved load factor.

The UK budget carrier flew more than 6 million passengers last month at a load factor more than two percentage points up year on year at 92%.

The rise gave the airline a rolling annual total of carryings up by 5.4% to more than 63 million.

The World Cup in Brazil helped boost numbers at British Airways and Iberia parent company International Airlines Group in June with passengers up by 8.8% to 7.1 million over June 2013.

Overall premium traffic was up by 4%.

“June figures are impacted by World Cup effects, especially in Latin America,” IAG said.

Aer Lingus carryings in June were up by 4.9% to 995,000, helped by a 21.5% rise in long-haul passengers to 141,000.

Ryanair’s June carryings rose by 5% or 400,000 to 8.3 million with the load factor improving by four percentage points to 88%.

Rolling annual carryings rose by 3% to 82.7 million.

Chief marketing officer Kenny Jacobs attributed the increase to lower fares and the carrier’s improving customer experience, including a new website, allocated seating and the ability to take a free second small carry-on bag.

“Ryanair continues to deliver so much more than just the lowest fares in every market for our 82.7m customers,” he said.

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