Ryanair increased its passenger numbers by 645,000 in July. In a statement issued today, the airline said it carried 8.72 million passengers in July of this year, an 8% increase compared to last year when numbers were 8.08 million. However there was a slight decrease of 1% in the load stats (passengers as a percentage of total seats available). It was 88% in July 2012 compared to 89% in the same time period last year. So far this year 77.72 million people have flown with the airline.