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As passenger numbers fly high, it seems Ryanair needn’t have worried about travel agent feud

Airline’s concerns that OTA boycott will weaken profitability have been disproved in latest load factor figures

In the 12 months to the end of March, which is the airline’s financial year, Ryanair carried 183.7 million passengers, up some 9 per cent on the year before. Picture: Getty

The latest passenger numbers from Ryanair were well received last week, after the carrier previously warned that legal issues were impacting passenger numbers.

January saw the aviation giant lower its profit guidance for the 2024 financial year due to the ongoing legal row with online travel agencies (OTA). A host of what the airline has describe as “pirate” platforms, such as Booking.com and Kayak, removed all Ryanair flights from their websites in the height of ...