Ryanair traffic rises 6% in November as load factor ticks up
Budget airline Ryanair reported a 6% jump in traffic for last month on Monday as the load factor edged higher.
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Traffic grew to 9.3 million from 8.8 million in November 2016 as the load factor - which gauges how full the planes are - ticked up to 96% from 95%.
The company, which suffered a rota fiasco and subsequent cancellations back in September, said traffic was up 11% to November on a rolling annual basis to 128.7m customers.
Chief market officer Kenny Jacobs attributed the rise in traffic to lower fares. "Ryanair customers can look forward to even lower fares when they make advance bookings for winter or summer, so there's never been a better time to book a low fare flight on Ryanair," he said.