Airlines set monthly passenger records in August
Ryanair and Wizz Air have announced they set new records for passenger numbers last month. Dublin-based Ryanair said it carried 20.5m passengers in August. That was 8% more than the 18.9m during the same month last year. Hungarian carrier Wizz Air said it carried 6.2m passengers last month, a 1.0% increase from 6.1m in August 2023. Ryanair said its load factor – the percentage of seats sold on flights – was 96% in August, which was the same figure as a year earlier. Wizz Air announced its load factor was 95.4% last month, up from 94.1% in August 2023.<br/>
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Airlines set monthly passenger records in August
Ryanair and Wizz Air have announced they set new records for passenger numbers last month. Dublin-based Ryanair said it carried 20.5m passengers in August. That was 8% more than the 18.9m during the same month last year. Hungarian carrier Wizz Air said it carried 6.2m passengers last month, a 1.0% increase from 6.1m in August 2023. Ryanair said its load factor – the percentage of seats sold on flights – was 96% in August, which was the same figure as a year earlier. Wizz Air announced its load factor was 95.4% last month, up from 94.1% in August 2023.<br/>
