Budget airline Ryanair has said that passenger numbers were up 7% in February to 4.5 million customers.

Ryanair's Robin Kiely said: "Ryanair traffic grew by 300,000 to 4.5m customers in February, thanks to the success of our lower fares, our easier to use website and our recent customer service improvements including allocated seats for all customers and the use of personal electronic devices on all flights. Further improvements will be rolled out over the coming months as Ryanair continues to lower prices and improve our industry leading customer service."