European budget airline Ryanair said on Friday its load factor was 74 percent of capacity in January, steady with a year earlier.
Dublin-based Ryanair said it carried 2.54 million passengers in January, up from 2.04 million a year earlier.
Ryanair, which is due to announce third-quarter earnings on February 6, expects profits to rise 10 percent this year after continuing to expand aggressively in Europe.
The airline expects to carry 35 million passengers for the year.
However, Ryanair said in December it had trimmed some flights in January to March due to the late delivery of new aircraft from Boeing.
Rival British Airways said earlier on Friday its January passenger traffic, measured in revenue passenger kilometres, rose 3.3 percent and its load factor for the month was 72.5 percent of capacity.
