EasyJet saw passenger carryings rise by 5.5% in October to more than 5.8 million.
The budget carrier’s load factor rose by 1.8 percentage points to 90.9% over the same month last year.
The October figures mean that the airline’s rolling 12 month total of passengers increased by 6.6% to more than 65 million with an improved load factor of 90.7%.
The figures follow easyJet ramping up capacity for next summer’s peak period with a record 13 million seats on 79,000 flights from the UK put on sale last month
The airline expects to carry more than 45 million passengers throughout the whole of next summer.