KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 26): Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair has been confirmed as the world’s favourite airline in 2015, according to the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) World Airline Transport Statistics.

It said Ryanair carried over 101.4 million international passengers last year, almost 40 million more than second-placed Easyjet (62.6 million) and 55 million more than Lufthansa in fourth place (46.9 million).

Meanwhile, Ryanair celebrated being named the world’s favourite airline once more by releasing 100,000 seats for sale across its European network, at prices starting from €19.99 for travel in October and November.

These low fare seats are available for booking on the Ryanair.com website until midnight Monday (29 Aug).