Budget airlines transport more passengers
Two leading budget airlines have reported that passenger numbers have grown in the last 12 months.
According to Ryanair, 5.17 million people boarded its services in June 2008 - up from 4.35 million a year earlier.
This is an increase of nearly one-fifth, illustrating the continuing desire for affordable flights to foreign destinations among overseas leisure travellers.
The trend was reinforced by rival carrier easyJet, which has also seen passenger numbers go up by a similar amount during this period.
Figures showed that 4.1 million people booked passage with the low-cost airline in June 2008 - up from 3.4 million 12 months earlier.
This comes after Vision/Totem revealed that the number of people taking holidays abroad is set to go up to 1.1 billion within 2 years.
TravelMole reports that the organisation believes consumers will continue going overseas, despite rising fuel prices and environmental concerns.
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