OREANDA-NEWS. Ryanair, Europe's favourite low fares airline, today (3 Nov) released October traffic statistics as follows:

Traffic grew by 400,000 to 8.4m customers (up 5%)

Load factor increased 6% points from 83% to 89%

Rolling annual traffic rose to 84.2m customers (up 4%)

Ryanair's Chief Marketing Officer, Kenny Jacobs said "Ryanair traffic grew by 400,000 to 8.4m customers in October, while our load factor rose by 6% points to 89%, thanks to our lower fares, our stronger forward booking strategy and our improving customer experience, including our great new website and mobile app, allocated seating, a free 2nd small carry-on bag and PED use on all flights. Ryanair continues to deliver so much more than the lowest fares in every market we operate in."