DUBLIN, (Reuters) – Ryanair’s load factor – a measurement of airline capacity – reached above 90% on Easter Sunday. It was the highest level since COVID-19’s outbreak.

Ryanair flew 14.2 millions passengers to April 2019, compared to 1 million when it was locked down a year earlier and 13.5million in April 2019. It is now the second month running that Ryanair has taken more passengers than during the same pre-pandemic period.

According to the Irish airline, Europe’s biggest by passenger numbers, it had over 82,600 flights during April, with a load factor of 91%.

Michael O’Leary was the chief executive at Ryanair. He stated that Ryanair’s fleet would reach 90% by April, and then rise to that mark in summer. According to Ryanair, it will be profitable when the occupancy level reaches 80%.

The pandemic’s outbreak saw its load factor rise to at least 96% per month.

Low cost carriers expect to fly 14% more passengers this summer, up from the record low 100 million last year. They will also carry an unprecedented 165 million passengers for the year ending March 2023.