Ryanair hits revised passenger target for full year

Ryanair hit its reduced passenger target for the financial year after delays in the delivery of new Boeing aircraft. Photograph: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg

The Irish group had originally predicted it would carry 185 million in its 2023/24 financial year, but cut that to 183.5 million last autumn after manufacturer Boeing delayed the delivery of new aircraft. The airline said it filled 94 per cent of the seats on its aircraft across the financial year, one percentage point ahead of the 93 per cent sold in the previous 12 months.Last month alone it grew passengers 8 per cent to 13.6 million from 12.6 million in March 2023, selling 93 per cent of its seats on both months.

Ryanair had hoped Boeing would deliver 57 of its B737-Max8200 jets this year, but problems at the US manufacturer led to it telling the Irish giant that the final number would be 40. In January a mid-air emergency door blowout on an Alaskan Airlines B737 Max 9, which no European carrier flies, worsened Boeing’s production delays.

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