Ryanair carries more passengers than BA

RYANAIR carried more people than British Airways last month, for the first time.

According to statistics for August published by both airlines, Ryanair carried 156,000 more passengers than BA’s entire network.

Ryanair carried 3.26m passengers in August, up 27% on the same month last year. However, the load factor which measures the seats filled fell back slightly from 92% to 91%.