IATA confirms Ryanair carries over 101.4m passengers in 2015

Ryanair welcomed (25-Aug-2016) the release of IATA's World Airline Transport statistics indicating it remains the world's largest international carrier, with over 101.4 million passengers handled in 2015. The airline celebrated the announcement by releasing sales on 100,000 seats on European routes for travel in Oct-2016 and Nov-2016. Ryanair head of communications Robin Kiely stated the airline expects to handle over 117 million passengers in 2016. [more - original PR]