For the first time in European commercial aviation history, an airline has carried over 200 million passengers during a 12-month period. The company taking that accolade, perhaps unsurprisingly, is Ryanair, the European low-cost giant whose group of airlines includes Ryanair, Ryanair UK, Malta Air, Buzz, and Lauda Europe.

To mark passing the 200 millionth passenger milestone, Ryanair, Europe’s largest airline both in terms of fleet size and passengers carried, welcomed onboard its 200 millionth passenger for the 2024-25 in Madrid on Wednesday, March 26, 2025. The carrier welcomed 84-year-old Maria Cornelia Vos, who had flown from Fuerteventura to Madrid, landed at Madrid-Barajas Airport (MAD) in the Spanish capital at 12:35 local time on flight FR5469 operated by a Ryanair Boeing 737 MAX 8200 registered 9H-VUS.

Upon her safe arrival in Madrid following a two-hour eight-minute flight from the Atlantic island of Fuerteventura, the passenger graciously posed for photos with members of Ryanair staff in the terminal building.   

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