Dublin [Ireland], December 3: Europe's largest budget airline Ryanair said on Friday that it carried a total of 11.2 million passengers in November, up nearly 10 percent compared with the 10.2 million passengers it handled in the same period last year.
The Ireland-headquartered airline said that in the month it operated 64,100 flights with a passenger load factor (occupancy rate) reaching 92 percent per flight, five percentage points higher than in November 2021.
In the 12 months to November 2022, 158.4 million passengers were handled by Ryanair, the company said.
Ryanair said it plans to carry 225 million passengers annually by 2026.
To support its growth plan, the airline announced earlier this week that it will recruit 150 new staff in Ireland.
All the new job opportunities offered are tech-related, John Hurley, chief technology officer of Ryanair, said.
Source: Xinhua
