Low-cost airline easyJet said today it carried 2.94 million passengers in May, up 15.2 per cent from a year earlier.
EasyJet said in a statement that its load factor, a measure of how efficiently it is filling seats, was 83.9 per cent in May compared with 84.1 per cent a year earlier.
The airline's total revenues for the 12 months to the end of May were up 21 per cent to £1.5 billion ($2.8 billion).
"Following strong April revenue results, which benefited from the timing of Easter, the positive performance has continued in May," the company said in a statement.
The airline said last month cost cuts and sales of in-flight drinks and online insurance were expected to offset a hefty fuel bill.
EasyJet, Europe's second-largest budget carrier after Ryanair, said it expected pretax profit growth of between 10 and 15 per cent for the year.
Rivals Ryanair and British Airways all reported increased passenger traffic in May.