The Dublin-based airline said it carried 21.0 million passengers last month.

He has qualified for the share options after shares in the Dublin-based company hit a six-year-old target.

Ryanair said it carried 20.5 million passengers in August while Wizz Air’s figure was 6.2 million.

Rival airline Wizz Air said about 1 per cent of its flights were disrupted as a result of last month’s global tech outage

Wizz Air said its carbon emissions increased by more than a fifth compared with the same month a year ago.

The airline said it had 12.2 million customers last month