Ryanair and Wizz Air set new records for passenger numbers 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.
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00:00Hello, my name is Greg Wright. I'm the Deputy Business Editor of the Yorkshire Post. Ryanair
00:08and Wizz Air have announced they set new records for passenger numbers last month. Dublin-based
00:15Ryanair said it carried 20.5 million passengers in August. That was 8% more than the 18.9
00:23million during the same month last year. Wizz Air said it carried 6.2 million passengers
00:30last month, a 1% increase from the 6.1 million in August 2023. Ryanair said its load factor
00:39was 96% in August, which was the same figure as a year earlier. So two airlines setting
00:45monthly passenger records in August as the travel industry bounces back from the problems
00:51caused by the pandemic. My name's Greg Wright and I'm the Deputy Business Editor of the
00:56Yorkshire Post.