Ryanair April traffic grows 5%

Ryanair has reported record passenger numbers for the year boosted by a 5% increase in April traffic, which was affected by the Easter holiday in April 2014, whereas Easter 2013 fell in March. In April traffic grew by 400,000 to 7.8m customers and load factor increased 3% to 84%. Annual traffic rose to a record 82m customers (up 3%). Ryanair’s Robin Kiely said: “Ryanair traffic grew by 400,000 to 7.8m customers in April due to the presence of Easter in the month (but not in April the prior year), the continuing success of our lower fares and our improved customer