Ryanair carries 4.5m people in March

Ryanair said today it carried 4.48 million passengers in March -  or 19 per cent more than a year earlier.

Ryanair said today it carried 4.48 million passengers in March -  or 19 per cent more than a year earlier.

The airline also said its average flight was fuller, and that its load factor - a measure of how well a carrier is filling available seats - was 79 per cent in the month, up from 78 per cent a year earlier.

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