The budget carrier said strong pent-up travel demand over Christmas and new year, "with no adverse impact from Covid or war in Ukraine", drove up holiday season traffic and fares.
It now expects to record a third-quarter (three months to 31 December 2022) profit – after tax – of around €200 million.
Ryanair does, though, anticipate its winter fourth-quarter (three months to 31 March 2023) to be loss-making owing to a "recent softening" in UK and Irish traffic and pricing, and with Easter falling in April.
Nonetheless, Ryanair expects its 2022/23 full-year (year to 31 March 2023) passenger guidance of 168 million to materialise as forecast.
