Ryanair traffic up 11% in June

Budget airline Ryanair reported an 11% increase in traffic in June to 10.6m customers.

The load factor, which gauges how many seats were taken up on the flights, nudged up to 94% from 93% and rolling annual traffic grew 16% to 109.6m.

Chief marketing officer Kenny Jacobs said: “These record monthly numbers and load factors were delivered, at lower fares, despite the repeated disruptions caused by unacceptable French ATC strikes, and we are again calling on the European Commission to urgently take action to reduce the impact of these ATC strikes on Europe's citizens and the single market."

Ryanair said on Monday that it would have to cancel 102 flights the next day due to air traffic control strikes in France.

More than 18,000 customers had their flights cancelled and the airline said customers should check ryanair.com before travelling.