Ryanair February traffic up 5%; winter schedule released

Ryanair’s February traffic grew by 5% to 8.6 million customers. The load factor remains steady at 95%. On a rolling 12 months basis, Ryanair’s annual traffic to February grew 9% to 130 million customers. The low-cost carrier also launched its winter schedule this week, with five new routes announced from Marrakesh to Brussels, Athens, Berlin Schönefeld, Nuremberg and Baden-Baden, which will operate twice weekly. Ryanair has also launched two new Brussels Zaventem routes to Amman and Marrakesh, and one new Brussels Charleroi route to Malta.