Ryanair has bounced again to a near-record revenue fuelled by a report variety of passengers.

Profits reached €1.4bn (£1.2bn) for the 12 months to 31 March, near the report €1.45bn (£1.26bn) made within the yr as much as 31 March 2018, whereas fares elevated by 10% in comparison with pre-pandemic ranges, the corporate stated in its full-year outcomes.

The finances airline carried 168.6 million passengers over the yr as much as 31 March, surpassing the earlier 149 million report earlier than the COVID-19 pandemic.

The quantity, Ryanair hopes, can be surpassed this monetary yr and rise 10% to 185 million.

Bookings for the summer time season are sturdy, the corporate stated, and it'll function its largest ever schedule with almost 2,500 routes and greater than 3,000 day by day flights.

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However, passenger targets will not be reached as a result of delays in receiving new Boeing plane, the corporate stated. It might be quick by as much as 10 new jets within the peak June and July months.

Ryanair has deliberate a programme of passenger will increase.

It goals to develop visitors to 225 million a yr by the top of its 2026 monetary yr and 300 million by the top of 2034, creating greater than 10,000 new jobs for pilots, cabin crew, and engineers.

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As a part of this, the largest ever US order by an Irish firm was signed earlier this month when Ryanair agreed to purchase 300 new planes from Boeing for $40bn (£31.7bn) to additional enhance progress.

There aren't any indicators inflation is hitting demand as folks see journey as key in summer time, Ryanair's chief monetary officer stated and passengers are staying on vacation an additional day and dealing remotely, which is opening up a brand new market.

Customers see journey "not as a luxury but as an essential and families are returning to the beaches of Europe this summer," chief govt Michael O'Leary stated on an investor name on Monday.

Despite elevated demand, capability for brief haul air journey in Europe has not recovered to 2019 ranges, Ryanair stated, as European airways have been battered by the pandemic period and a few, such as Flybe, went bust. The airline is primed to capitalise on this demand, it stated.