{"id":123816,"date":"2016-02-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-31T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/ryanair-profit-of-over-e100-million-in-q4-2015\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T18:22:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T16:22:18","slug":"ryanair-profit-of-over-e100-million-in-q4-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/ryanair-profit-of-over-e100-million-in-q4-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryanair: Profit of over \u20ac100 million in Q4 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>In the fourth quarter of 2015, Ryanair&#8217;s profit doubled due to an increase in passenger numbers and the decline in crude oil prices. Profit after tax rose to \u20ac103 million in the last three months of 2015, from \u20ac49 million in the same period of 2014, while the number of passengers grew by 25% to 20 million, the Irish company announced. Analysts were expecting a profit of \u20ac118.2 million.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Additionally, starting February 5, Ryanair began a share buyback program, and upon completion of the process, the total amount returned to investors over the last 8 years will exceed \u20ac4 billion.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Recently, Ryanair announced that it carried a record number of passengers last year, specifically 101.4 million, a 17% increase compared to the previous year when it recorded 86.4 million passengers.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The load factor increased by 10% over the last 2 years to 92%, even though Ryanair increased its capacity by 33% following the expansion of routes and aircraft.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Recently, Ryanair revised its annual profit estimates upwards by 25%, to \u20ac1.175 &#8211; \u20ac1.225 billion, compared to the previously forecasted \u20ac940 &#8211; \u20ac970 million.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In this decade, the Irish operator expects to carry 180 million passengers per year, 20% more than the 2015 estimates of 105 million. The increase follows the success of an image campaign through which the operator aims to show it is closer to customer needs.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.economica.net\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">Economica<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>What was Ryanair&#8217;s profit in Q4 2015?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ryanair reported a profit after tax of \u20ac103 million for the fourth quarter of 2015, more than double the \u20ac49 million recorded in the same period of 2014.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How many passengers did Ryanair carry in 2015?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ryanair carried a record 101.4 million passengers in 2015, representing a 17% increase compared to the 86.4 million passengers in 2014.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are Ryanair&#8217;s long-term passenger growth targets?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The airline aims to carry 180 million passengers per year by the end of the decade, supported by fleet expansion and improved customer service initiatives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the fourth quarter of 2015, Ryanair&#8217;s profit doubled due to an increase in passenger numbers and the decline in crude oil prices. Profit after tax rose to \u20ac103 million in the last three months of 2015, from \u20ac49 million in the same period of 2014, while the number of passengers grew by 25% to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":65907,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2856],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-123816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conectivity"],"article_style_override":"","post-style":"","post_via":"","post-top-image":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/transport-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123816\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123816"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=123816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}