Ryanair Holdings plc announced traffic results for the month and year to date ended December 2012. For the month, the company reported passengers of 4.84 million compared with 4.76 million for the same period a year ago. Load factor was 81% compared with 79% for the same period a year ago.

For the year to date, the company reported passengers of 79.6 million, an increase of 4% from previous year and load factor of 82%.