Ryanair traffic up 10% in April

Budget airline Ryanair reported a 10% jump in April traffic on Thursday.

Traffic grew to 13.5m from 12.3m in April last year, while the load factor - which gauges how full the planes are - came in at 96%.

Passenger numbers at Ryanair were up 5% from last year to 13m, with a 96% load factor, while traffic at Austrian airline Lauda came in at 0.5m, with a 92% load factor.

On a rolling 12-month basis, passenger numbers grew 9% to 142.3m, while the load factor stood at 96%.

At 1005 BST, the shares were down 1.4% to €12.02.