easyjet and Ryanair have record bookings over August bank holiday weekend

The airlines also announced that a record number of passengers flew over the bank holiday weekend with Ryanair carrying over 1 million passengers across their numerous routes and easyJet carrying over 700,000 people in the same period.

These record figures are up by approximately 10% compared to the same period in 2006.

Destinations such as Barcelona, Malaga, Alicante, Faro and Rome were all popular.

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