Passenger boost for budget airlines
Two major budget airlines carried an increased number of passengers last month.
Ryanair numbers reached 4.6 million in January 2014 - a 5.0 per cent rise on the January 2013 figure.
The Irish low-fare airline carried 81.6 million people in the 12 months ending January 2014 - a three per cent increase on the figure for the 12 months ending January 2013.
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Hide AdEasyJet announced it had carried 4.02 million passengers last month - a rise of 3.7 per cent on its January 2013 total. Its planes flew 85.4 per cent full last month compared with Ryanair’s figure of 71.0 per cent.
EasyJet’s passenger numbers for the 12 months ending January 2014 totalled 61.47 million - a 3.6 per cent increase on the previous 12-month period.