Ryanair gained a festive period boost with December passenger carryings rising by 21% year-on-year.
Europe’s largest budget airline saw numbers rise to 11.5 million.
This gave an annual total of 160.4 million passengers flown in 2022 – up 121% on the previous year.
The December load factor rose by 11 percentage points to 92% over the same month in 2021 as Ryanair operated more than 65,500 flights.
The carrier also reported that its load factor for the year reached 92% from 81%.
The figures follow rival Wizz Air reporting 45.6 million passengers carried in 2022 – more than double 2021 levels – with 4.1 million flown in December.