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UK's budget carriers boosted by stable travel landscape

Government
James Chapple
2 December 2021

Both Ryanair and Wizz Air have reported significant year-on-year increases in their November passenger figures, with travel significantly less constrained than it was 12 months ago.

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Ryanair carried 10.2 million passengers in November on a load factor of 86%, up from just two million during the same period last year on a load factor of 62%.

Wizz Air, meanwhile, carried 2.17 million passengers in November on a load factor of 76.1%, up from 457,000 in 2020 when load factor was 68.2%.


For Ryanair, it marks the fifth consecutive month in which it has delivered a load factor in excess of 80%, rising from 81% in September to 84% in October and 86% in November.


November was also the fourth consecutive month in which Ryanair’s passenger numbers topped 10 million. Its 2021 passenger numbers peaked in October at 11.3 million.