Ryanair carried a total of seven million passengers last month, as the company continues to be impacted by Covid-19 disruption.
In January 2022, Ryanair operated over 46,400 flights with a 79 per cent load factor.
This is a major increase from January 2021 when the company had just over one million passengers with a load factor of 69 per cent.
However, the significant difference in figures is down to the impact of Covid-19 on international travel, as many countries were in lockdown with strict rules around international travel in January 2021.
In December 2021, the company had 9.5 million passengers with a load factor of 81 per cent.
The company noted that traffic in December 2o21 and January 2022 was badly affected by the Omicron variant of Covid-19.
The company recently said in a statement: "The sudden emergence of the Omicron variant and the media hysteria it generated in December, forced many European governments to reimpose travel restrictions in the run-up to Christmas, which significantly weakened peak Christmas and New Year bookings and fares".
The business said that it expects to carry just under 100 million passengers in its financial year, which ends in March.
However, the company is having to discount more tickets to get passengers onboard, so its expected losses have gone from between €100 million and €200 million to a new forecast of between €250 million and €450 million.
