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Ryanair trims full-year loss amid ‘fragile’ recovery

Air
James Chapple
16 May 2022

Ryanair is hopeful of returning to "reasonable profitability" over the next year after cutting its 2021/22 full-year losses by two-thirds, despite the impact of Covid, the Omicron variant and war in Ukraine.

Ryanair expects annual passenger carryings to grow to 225 million by March 2026

The budget carrier on Monday (16 May) revealed a full-year net loss of €355 million for the year to 31 March 2022, down from in excess of €1 billion a year earlier, while passenger traffic recovered from 27.5 million to 97.1 million – albeit still 35% behind pre-Covid levels. Load factor was 82%, up from 71% in the year to 31 March 2021.


Boss Michael O’Leary, though, said Ryanair planned to grow passenger numbers in its 2022/23 full-year to 165 million, while the group is targeting 225 million annual passengers by full-year 2025/26.