Ryanair today announced a new route from Dublin to Riga in Latvia that will operate daily from January 9 next year. The route is also flown by Aer Lingus and Air Baltic.
Earlier, Ryanair said that its load factor, which measures how successfully it is filling its planes, was 85% in October, down from 87% a year earlier.
It said the number of passengers it carried last month rose 23% from October 2004 to 3.03 million.
Ryanair, which is set to announce half-year results on Monday, said last month that trading was in line with expectations but it remained cautious about the winter.
The airline has said it expected its yields - how much it receives per seat - to benefit from fuel surcharges being imposed by other European carriers to cope with high oil prices.
Ryanair shares closed down ten cent at €7.15 in Dublin.
