Ryanair takes Europe's 'passenger leader' crown

BTN News

Thursday, 12 January 2017

Ireland's Ryanair has overtaken Germany's Lufthansa as Europe's biggest airline by passenger numbers.

The Irish airline carried 117 million passengers last year compared to Lufthansa's 109.7 million.

Lufthansa is trying to regain lost European market share with deals to lease planes and crew from Air Berlin and to take over Brussels Airlines.