More stupid statistics. Every single person on return trip counts as two. Many people will be regular travelers who own 2nd homes or work away from home. The real number of individuals who travel with ryanair each year may be something like 10m which take an average of 4.2 sectors per year. Most will take 2 sectors but a few will take 50-100.
HAHA!!!! Do you SERIOUSLY BELEIVE for one second that they count differently than any other airline in the world?!
It is the industry norm to count "Earned Seats". These are seats occupied against the number of seats available. (Also the base for calculating load factor). 1 pax equals one earned seat, and therefore the WHOLE INDUSTRY counts 1 return journey as two sectors and therefore 2 earned seats. count it whatever way ya want....If Ryanair say 40m and BA say 30m, ya may not want to beleive it, but its compared on an apples with apples basis and not apples and pears as you seem to suggest