The airline said it flew 11 per cent more passengers in August than in the same month last year, which was a record
Ryanair said more than 350 of its flights were cancelled on August 28th and 29th due to the air traffic control issue.Ryanair has revealed around 63,000 of its passengers saw their flights cancelled during last week’s air traffic control failure which caused widespread disruption across the industry and left thousands of passengers stranded overseas.
In its August traffic update, the Irish carrier said more than 350 of its flights were cancelled on August 28th and 29th due to the air traffic control issue. More than a quarter of all flights to and from UK airports were cancelled on August 28th as National Air Traffic Services were unable to process flight plans automatically.
The knock-on effect continued for two more days and is said to have wrecked the travel plans of around a quarter of a million people.