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Ryanair Holdings PLC and Wizz Air Holdings PLC on Tuesday said they carried more passengers last month than a year before. Dublin-based Ryanair said it carried 19.2 million passengers in October, up by about 4.9% from 18.3 million a year before. It operated 107,000 flights last month with a load factor unchanged from the year prior at 93%. On a rolling 12-month basis, Ryanair carried 204.8 million passengers, up roughly 5.1% from 194.8 million a year before, also with an unchanged 94% load factor. Budapest-based Wizz Air said the number of passengers increased 13% to 6.4 million passengers from 5.6 million a year before. Its seat capacity increased by approximately 13% to 6.8 million seats from 6.1 million. Wizz Air said load factor was 93%, unchanged from a year prior. Wizz Air said it continued to ‘refocus its network’ towards its core Central and Eastern Europe markets last month. The airline opened a new base at Zvartnots Airport in Yerevan, Armenia on October 1, and has said it will open another base in Podgorica, Montenegro. Wizz Air noted that carbon dioxide emissions per passenger kilometre were 49.2 grams in October, which was a reduction of 4.8% year-on-year. Shares in Ryanair were down 0.3% to €26.92 on Tuesday morning in Dublin. Wizz Air was down 2.2% to 1,032.46 pence per share in London. Copyright 2025 Alliance News Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
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