Ryanair hails record August traffic

Budget airline Ryanair reported record passengers numbers for August on Tuesday, up 8%.

Traffic rose to 20.5 million from 18.9m in the same month a year earlier, while the load factor - which gauges how full the planes are - was stable at 96%.

On a rolling 12-month basis, passenger numbers also grew 8%, to 192m, while the load factor was unchanged at 94%.

Ryanair said it operated more than 111,800 flights last month.