Ryanair carried 4.37m passengers last month, 6% more than in February 2009, taking its rolling 12-month total to 65.9m.
February load factor slipped three percentage points to 75%, and on a rolling 12-month basis averaged 82%.
Elsewhere, easyJet reported 12.3% growth to 3.39m February passengers, which took its rolling 12-month total to 46.75m (+5.2%).
Load factor declined by 1.7pp to 85.3% during February, but across the 12 months was up 1pp at 86.1%.
Finally, February passenger numbers at BA increased by 1.5% year-on-year to 2.2m.
Traffic in revenue passenger kilometres rose by 1.1% on capacity in available seat kilometres cut by 1.9%, which resulted in a 2.2pp improvement in load factor to 74.2%.
BA said the traffic rise comprised 5% growth in premium and 0.3% in non-premium, but cautioned that February 2009’s data had been affected by ‘significant weather disruption’ in the first week of the month.
See also:
easyJet chief executive to join Whitbread (03/03/2010)
IATA cautious about January recovery (03/03/2010)
Strike dates on hold as BA/crew talks continue (26/02/2010)
Premium traffic returns to growth (18/02/2010)
Ryanair ups full-year guidance as costs fall (01/02/2010)