Originally Posted by EI-BUD
Can you confirm is the load factor as quoted by Ryanair based on boardings or passengers booked on the flight?
Here's Ryanair's definition (from
their May passenger numbers news release):
["Passengers"]...represents the number of earned seats flown by Ryanair. Earned seats include seats that are flown whether or not the passenger turns up because once a flight has departed a no-show customer is not entitled to change flights or seek a refund.
So in other words, if 150 people book seats on a Ryanair flight and then not a single one shows up, Ryanair still counts 150 passengers and an 80% load factor.