Ryanair enjoys busiest month for traffic in July since crisis hit

Ryanair has enjoyed its strongest month of traffic since the pandemic hit, carrying 9.3m passengers at a load factor of 80% in July. It represents a 4m jump on the 5.3m passengers Ryanair carried in June and surpassed the 7m the airline handled in August last year when travel restrictions were temporarily eased after the first Covid wave in Europe. It also marks the first time Ryanair’s load factor has reached 80% since the crisis began. The improved traffic performance comes amid a further easing of travel restrictions across Europe in July as the vaccination rollout continues. Despite the improvement, Ryanair passenger levels in July are still only at roughly two-thirds of pre-crisis levels. Ryanair flew 14.8m passengers at a load factor of 97% in July 2019.<br/>