OREANDA-NEWS. June 29, 2011. Ryanair today (29th June) celebrated IATA confirmation that it is the world’s favourite airline after IATA stats for 2010 showed Ryanair carried more international passengers than any other airline. Ryanair carried 71.2m international passengers last year, 62 million more than Aer Lingus,  almost 30m more than second placed Lufthansa (44.6m) and almost 10m more than easyjet (37m) and British Airways (26m) combined.
 
Ryanaircelebrated being the world’s favourite airline by releasing 1million €9.99 seats on www.ryanair.com, which can be booked until midnight Thursday (30th June) for travel in September on over 1,000 Ryanair routes throughout Europe.
 
Ryanair’s Stephen McNamara said;
 
“IATA has once again confirmed Ryanair is the world’s favourite airline with more international scheduled passengers than any other carrier. Even the combined traffic of No 2 easyjet and No 6 BA is still almost 10m passengers fewer than Ryanair, proving that passengers can’t get enough of Ryanair’s guaranteed lowest fares and no fuel surcharges.
 
To celebrate, Ryanair is releasing 1million €9.99 seats for travel in September on over 1,000 Ryanair routes throughout Europe.”