IATA CONFIRMS RYANAIR IS THE WORLD’S FAVOURITE AIRLINE

Ryanair, Europe’s favourite low fares airline, today (10 June) welcomed confirmation from IATA that Ryanair remains the world’s favourite airline after IATA’s latest World Airline Transport Statistics showed Ryanair once again carried more international passengers than any other airline.

Ryanair carried 81.3m international passengers last year, almost 29m more than second-placed Easyjet (52.7m) and 30m more than third-placed Lufthansa (50.7m).

Indeed, Ryanair carried more international passengers than:
EasyJet, Iberia and SAS combined (< 76m)
British Airways, Air France and Alitalia combined (< 77m)
Lufthansa and Air Berlin combined (< 74m)
Over 8 times more passengers than Irish regional carrier Aer Lingus (9.6m)

Ryanair will carry more than 84.6m passengers this year and celebrated being the world’s favourite airline by releasing100, 000 seats for sale across its European network, at prices starting from €19.99 for travel in July & August. These low fare seats are available for booking on the Ryanair.com website until midnight Thursday (12 June).

Ryanair’s Robin Kiely said:

“IATA has once again confirmed that Ryanair is the world’s favourite airline, carrying more international scheduled passengers than any other carrier. Even the combined traffic of EasyJet, Iberia and SAS is still less than Ryanair’s total traffic.

Consumers choose Ryanair for our lowest fares, great routes choice and our improving customer experience, including our new website, allocated seating, a free 2nd small carry-on bag allowance and PED (portable electric device) use on all flights, as Ryanair continues to deliver so much more than just the lowest fares for our 81.3m customers.

To celebrate being named the world’s favourite airline once more, we have released 100,000 seats for sale across our European network, at prices from €19.99 for travel in July and August. These low fare seats are available for booking until midnight Thursday (12 June).”