Ryanair has published traffic figures for May 2022. The airline operated over 88,040 flights during the month, carrying 15.4m guests which represents a load factor of 92%.
While this compares with just 1.8m guests in May 2021 (load factor of 79%), it exceeds passenger numbers over the last decade, the next highest being 2020 of 14.1m and 2019 of 12.5m.
While load factors are still below the 95-96% seen during the 2018-2020 period, the load factor has risen steadily since January of this year from 79% to 92%.
Rolling annual traffic figures for May 2022 show 123.9m passengers (load factor of 84%) compared with May 2021 of 30.2m (load factor of 72%).
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| Prior Months | Guests | Load Factor % |
| December1 | 9.5m | 81% |
| January1 | 7.0m | 79% |
| February1 | 8.7m | 86% |
| March2 | 11.2m | 87% |
| April | 14.2m | 91% |
| May | 15.4m | 92% |
1 Dec, Jan & Feb traffic was damaged by Omicron restrictions.
2 March traffic was damaged by the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 Feb.
