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 20.5 million passengers in August.

That was 8% more than the 18.9 million during the same month last year.

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.

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