Ryanair increases traffic by 8% year-on-year to 17.3 m. passengers

The growth in traffic for Ryanair is impressive, with an 8% increase compared to April 2023 in terms of its 17.3 million travellers.

Ryanair today 2 May showed an increase in passengers from 16 million in April 2023 to 17.3 million in April 2024, which equates to an 8% year-on-year increase. At the same time, there is a change in the load factor, according to data held by Ryanair. The factor load refers to the percentage of available seats that are full. In this there is a decrease compared to last year, as 94% of the postage has come down to 92%. Although Ryanair has over 98,400 flights booked almost 700 flights were cancelled due to the Israel/Gaza war and more than 340 flights were cancelled due to French ATC strike on 25th Apr.

Ryanair’s traffic in terms of April 2023 to April 2024 had a 9% change in travellers. More specifically, from 170.3 million travellers to 185 million during the year. At the same time, the percentage of reserved seats was 94% occupancy in April 2023 and decreased by 1% to 93% occupancy in April 2024.