Ryanair has reported a 8% increase in passenger numbers for the month of August.
The airline said it carried a total of 20.5 million passengers for the month - a new record high.
Its load factor - how many seats it fills on each flight - was steady at 96%.
Ryanair said it operated over 111,800 flights in August.
Meanwhile, Hungarian carrier Wizz Air also said today it carried 6.2 million passengers last month, a 1% increase from 6.1 million in August of last year and also a new record for the airline
Wizz Air's load factor was 95.4% last month, up from 94.1% the same month last year.
Last week Ryanair upgraded its summer air fare outlook, with group CEO Michael O'Leary saying he no longer saw a risk of double-digit percentage falls as European short-haul weakness had "levelled out".
