2nd Feb 2022 09:01
(Alliance News) - European budget airlines Ryanair Holdings PLC and Wizz Air Holdings PLC on Wednesday said they carried fewer passengers in January than in December, as restrictions related to the Omicron variant of Covid-19 hit traffic.
Ryanair carried 7.0 million passengers, down from 9.5 million in December, though up from 1.3 million in January 2021. Load factor was 79%, down from 81% in December but up from 69% a year ago. Ryanair traffic hit a peak last year of 11.3 million passengers in October, but the total has declined each month since.
For Wizz Air, passengers in January totalled 2.4 million, down from 2.6 million in December but up from 2.4 million in November and from 573,692 a year ago. Also more positively, load factor for Wizz was 79.6% in January, up from 75% in December and 76% in November.
Wizz said it has continued to grow its network, with capacity in the 12 months to January increased by 57% to 31.0 million seats from 19.7 million in the Covid-hit year-earlier rolling 12 months.
Ryanair shares were up 0.7% at EUR16.88 in Dublin early Wednesday. Wizz was up 1.0% at 4,198.00 pence in London.
By Tom Waite; [email protected]
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