Ryanair traffic rises 7% in June, load factor steady

Budget airline Ryanair reported a 7% jump in June traffic on Tuesday as it called for action after flights were cancelled due to air traffic control strikes.

Passenger numbers rose to 12.6m from 11.8m in June 2017 and the load factor - which measures how full the planes are - was unchanged at 96%.

Chief marketing officer Kenny Jacobs said: "Regrettably over 210,000 Ryanair customers had their flights cancelled in June because of four weekends of ATC strikes and repeated UK, German and French ATC staff shortages.

"Ryanair calls for urgent action by the EU Commission and European governments to ameliorate the effect of ATC strikes and staff shortages in the UK, Germany and France from disrupting the travel plans of millions of Europe's consumers this summer."

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