Ryanair becomes first European airline to fly 200m passengers in a year

Ryanair flew 200.2m passengers in its fiscal year to the end of March, largely as forecast, making it the first European airline to carry 200m passengers in one year. Ryanair said at the end of January that it expected its annual traffic to reach almost 200m, up 9% year-on-year. It flew 15m passengers in March, 10% more than a year ago, Ryanair said on Wednesday. The airline, Europe's largest by passenger numbers, cut its forecast for the coming year for the second time in three months in January to 206m passengers from 210m due to Boeing aircraft delivery delays.<br/>