Ryanair December passenger numbers up 21%

Low-cost airline Ryanair reported a 21% rise in passenger numbers for December as travel rebounded from the Covid pandemic.

Ryanair said it carried 11.5 million passengers compared with 9.5 million a year earlier. On a rolling basis, Ryanair said 160.4m passengers flew its routes in 2022, up 121%.

The December load factor was up 11% to 92% year on year.

Reporting by Frank Prenesti for Sharecast.com