Ireland’s Ryanair stated it carried 17 million passengers throughout the month, a rise of 10% from the 15.4 million in the identical interval final 12 months.
It had a load issue of 94%, up from 92% a 12 months earlier.
Meanwhile, Wizz Air carried 22.1% extra passengers in May, in contrast with the identical month a 12 months earlier. Slightly over 5 million folks flew on its planes, at a load issue of 90.2%.
Both airways are bouncing again from the low ranges they skilled throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, when most of their planes have been grounded as a result of closed worldwide borders meant airways couldn't carry passengers throughout Europe.
Wizz Air introduced that throughout the month it had added an eleventh aircraft to its Warsaw base and plans new flights between Gdansk and Copenhagen, Tenerife and Alicante, Katowice to Copenhagen and Alicante; and Wroclaw, Malaga and Krakow to Valencia.
It additionally introduced extra enlargement from Albania and is launching two new routes from Gatwick to Prague and Hurghada in Egypt.
The airline is planning to launch its full-year outcomes subsequent Thursday, with analysts eager to see how elevated passenger numbers will translate into revenue and income.
Aarin Chiekrie, an fairness analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown, stated: “Wizz Air delivered some promising results last time out.
“Ticket pricing and demand remained strong across Wizz Air’s routes and, crucially, the group had the capacity to greet it.
“Investors saw passenger numbers jump nearly 60% to 12.4 million in the third quarter, which led to revenue more than doubling to around 912 million euros (£783 million).”
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