Ryanair passenger numbers take off in November

Traffic at budget airline Ryanair rose 21% in November to 7.71m, while the load factor – which measures the number of seats taken up on flights – rose to 93% from 88%.

On a rolling basis, annual traffic to November grew 17% to 99.9m customers.

Chief marketing officer Kenny Jacobs said: “These record monthly numbers and load factors are due to our lower fares, our stronger forward bookings and the continuing success of our ‘Always Getting Better’ customer experience programme, which continues to deliver stronger than expected traffic and load factors.”

The two-year programme includes a new car hire service, a new website, a new app, new cabin interiors, new uniforms and improved in-flight menus.