11th Sep 2014 05:28
LONDON (Alliance News) - Ryanair Holdings PLC's chief financial officer has said the low-cost carrier is flying six more passengers per flight in 2014 against last year, due to improvements in its customer service and the way the company sells tickets, Reuters reported on Wednesday.
Speaking to reporters in Dublin, Howard Millar said the group expects load factors to increase between 3 and 4 percentage points to "close to 86%" of available seats this year.
An increase of that size on the company's fleet of Boeing 737s, which carry 189 passengers apiece, would mean 6 to 7 more passenger a flight, Reuters said.
Executives from the carrier were speaking to reporters following its first delivery of up to 380 Boeing jets over the next decade which could increase Ryanair's total passenger numbers to 150 million per year from 82 million now.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/09/10/uk-ryanair-bookings-idUKKBN0H51ZF20140910
By Sam Unsted; [email protected]; @SamUAtAlliance
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