Ryanair Christmas Bookings Already Ahead of Last Year

LISBON, PORTUGAL - OCTOBER 25: Ryanair Group CEO Michael O'Leary gestures as he delivers remarks during a press conference held on occasion of Ryanair 20th anniversary in the country on October 25, 2022 in Lisbon, Portugal. According to Ryanair, it will grow as much as 15 million passengers per year and will create 600 new jobs in Portugal until 2027. (Photo by Horacio Villalobos#Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)

Ryanair has said its Christmas flight bookings are up on this time last year, with 40% of seats across its extensive route network not yet sold up to the end of December.

Ryanair’s group chief executive, Michael O’Leary, imparted the news at a press conference in Vienna.

Mr O’Leary said: “Bookings for Christmas are running strongly ahead. At the moment we’re about half a percent ahead on forward bookings for where we were this time last year, and average fares at the moment are up sort of mid- to high single digits.”