OREANDA-NEWS.   Ryanair, Europe's favourite low fares airline, today (10 June) welcomed confirmation from IATA that Ryanair remains the world’s favourite airline after IATA’s latest World Airline Transport Statistics showed Ryanair once again carried more international passengers than any other airline.

Ryanair carried 81.3m international passengers last year, almost 29m more than second-placed Easyjet (52.7m) and 30m more than third-placed Lufthansa (50.7m).

Indeed, Ryanair carried more international passengers than:

         EasyJet, Iberia and SAS combined (< 76m)
         British Airways, Air France and Alitalia combined (< 77m)
         Lufthansa and Air Berlin combined (< 74m)
         Over 8 times more passengers than Irish regional carrier Aer Lingus (9.6m)
 

Ryanair will carry more than 84.6m passengers this year and celebrated being the world’s favourite airline by releasing100, 000 seats for sale across its European network, at prices starting from €19.99 for travel in July & August. These low fare seats are available for booking on the Ryanair.com website until midnight Thursday (12 June).