Ryanair made a record profit of 1.9 billion euros in the past financial year. That is a growth of 34 percent. The figures were announced on Monday. The Irish low-cost carrier, which has a broken financial year from April to the end of March, carried 184 million passengers last year. This is 9 percent more than the previous year (168.6 million passengers) and almost a quarter more than in the last year before the corona crisis. The number of passengers could have been higher if Ryanair had not had to cancel flights due to problems at Boeing, which was unable to deliver dozens of ordered aircraft on time. At the end of March, Ryanair had 146 aircraft (Boeing 737, ed.) The airline expects to have a total of 158 aircraft by the end of July. That is 23 less than was agreed with Boeing. Demand for travel in Europe will be high in 2024, Ryanair said in a note. Despite the delayed delivery by Boeing, Ryanair will operate its largest summer schedule ever, with more than 200 new routes and 5 new bases. For 2025, 198 to 200 million passengers are expected. Ryanair expects a decade of profitable growth, with a growth to 300 million passengers by 2034. (Photo Shutterstock).
