Ryanair reports August record with 21m passengers

Budget carrier Ryanair has reported a new record for August, with 21 million passengers carried last month.

The airline said the figure was up 2% on August 2024, when it carried 20.5 million passengers.

The load factor remained unchanged at 96%.

Wizz Air also reported growth in August, as it carried 6.91 million passengers during the month, an 11.4% increase year on year.

Its seat capacity increased 12.1% year on year, with a load factor of 94.8%, down by 0.6 percentage points on last year’s load factor of 95.4%, “demonstrating continued strong demand”, said the no-frills carrier.

It also noted: “While the last originating service from its to-be-closed Abu Dhabi base flew on August 31 Wizz Air continues to rebuild its Tel Aviv station following the summer suspension, with a full service of 24 routes to be deployed by mid-September.

“This underscores flexibility and resilience.”