5th Jul 2016 06:33
LONDON (Alliance News) - Budget airlines Ryanair Holdings PLC and Wizz Air Holdings PLC on Tuesday both reported annual growth in passenger numbers and load factor in June.
Irish carrier Ryanair said it carried 10.6 million customers in June, which is an 11% increase on the 9.5 million carried in the same month a year earlier. Load factor rose by 1 percentage point to 94% from 93%.
Ryanair's rolling annual traffic to June grew by 16% to 109.6 million customers.
Meanwhile, Central and Eastern European-focused carrier Wizz Air said passenger numbers increased by 16% in June to 2.0 million from 1.7 million in the same month the year before. Load factor rose by 0.8 percentage point to 91.7% from 91.0%.
On a rolling 12-month basis, Wizz Air's passenger numbers grew by 21% to 20.9 million from 17.3 million, while load factor was up by 1.3 percentage points to 88.4% from 87.1%.
By Karolina Kaminska; [email protected] @KarolinaAllNews
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