Ryanair Tops In International Traffic

(RTTNews) - Irish no-frills airline Ryanair beat all other airlines around the globe in international traffic. World Airline Transport Statistics from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) listed Ryanair as the number one airline that carried 86.3 million international passengers last year.

Easyjet came in the second position with 56.3 million passengers, while Deutsche Lufthansa carried 48.2 million passengers.

The global trade association of airlines said Emirates was ranked fifth in the list with 47.28 million passengers. British Airways, Air France, Turkish Airlines, KLM, United Airlines, and Delta Airlines are the other airlines found their place in the top ten list.

Robin Kiely, communications head of Ryanair said, "IATA has once again confirmed that Ryanair remains the world's favourite airline, carrying more international scheduled customers than any other carrier. Alongside our new routes, increased frequencies, Business Plus and Family Extra services, Ryanair customers can now look forward to further service enhancements, as we roll out Year 2 of our Always Getting Better programme in 2015."

For July and August, Ryanair has released 100,000 seats for sale across European network at prices starting from 19.99 euros. These low fare seats are available for booking until midnight June 25.