Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leary kept his staff’s flying hours and training up-to-date throughout Covid lockdowns
Ryanair has reported record passenger numbers for August, as the Irish low-cost airline lives up to its ambition to grow faster into a recession and burnishes its reputation for competent handling at a time of airport disruption.
It flew almost 17 million people in August, more than its pre-Covid peak of almost 15 million in the same month of 2019 and up from just over 11 million in 2021. It was the fourth consecutive month of record traffic.
