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The Ryanair plane with registration number SP-RSM, carrying opposition figure Raman Pratasevich which was traveling from Athens to Vilnius and was diverted to Minsk after a bomb threat, lands at the International Airport outside Vilnius, Lithuania, on May 23, 2021. Mindaugas Kulbis/AP Photo
DUBLIN—Ryanair on Thursday said it flew 11.1 million passengers in August, 75 percent of the number the budget airline carried in August 2019 before COVID-19 pandemic hammered the industry.
Chief Executive Michael O'Leary had told Reuters on Tuesday that the airline was on target to exceed its 10.5 million target for August this year.
