Ryanair traffic jumps 8% in March, load factor steady

Low-cost airline Ryanair reported an 8% jump in March traffic on Wednesday.

Passenger numbers rose to 13.6m from 12.6m in the same month a year earlier, while the load factor - which gauges how full the planes are - was stable at 93%.

On a rolling 12-month basis, passenger numbers grew 9% to 183.7m and the load factor ticked up to 94%.

Ryanair said it operated more than 77,000 flights in March. Almost 950 flights were cancelled due to the Israel/Gaza conflict.