Ryanair reports strong January with continued growth in passengers

The airline's 11.8 million passengers were flown across 68,200 flights last month

Throughout 2022, the budget airline carried 165.3 million passengers, an increase of 111% year-on-year.

Ryanair flew just under 12 million passengers on its flights over the month of January, with the budget airline saying its passenger traffic continued to grow at the start of 2023.

With just 7 million passengers flying with Ryanair in January 2022, the increase represents a 69% rise in passengers year-on-year, with soaring demand arising from the end of strict travel restrictions at the beginning of last year.