Airline Ryanair said it carried a record high number of passenger last month despite French air traffic control (ATC) strikes.

The Dublin-based carrier announced 20.7 million passengers travelled on its flights in July.

That is up 3% from 20.2 million during the same month last year.

Its load factor – which represents the average proportion of seat filled on its aircraft – was stable at 96%.

Ryanair said it operated more than 113,000 flights in July and cancelled 680, mainly because of French controller strikes.

French ATC staff took industrial action on July 3 and 4 in a dispute over working conditions.

As well as disrupting flights to and from French airports, the walkouts affected flights scheduled to travel over French airspace.

This meant many services to or from UK airports we

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