Ryanair had its busiest month ever in June as it flew 15.9 million passengers, up by 203% from just 5.3 million a year earlier and topping a previous high set in May.
Its load factor, which measures how well an airline is filling available seats, reached 95% for the first time since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The airline, Europe's largest by passenger numbers, said it operated over 88,500 flights in June as its load factor rose from 92% a month earlier, when it flew 15.4 million passengers.
Ryanair's load factor regularly reached at least 96% a month before the pandemic and hit 97% in June 2019. The low cost airline has said it expects to fly 15% more passengers this summer than in the same season of 2019, and will carry a record 165 million passengers in the year to March 2023.