Ryanair net profits for the six months to end September 2015 rose 37% to €1,088 million. Traffic grew 13% to 58 million passengers, load factor increased from 89% to 93% and average fairs rose 2%.

Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary said: "We have enjoyed a bumper summer due to a very rare confluence of favourable events including stronger sterling, adverse weather in northern Europe, reasonably flat industry capacity and further savings on our unhedged fuel."

This winter will see four additional Ryanair bases in Berlin, Corfu, Gothenburg and Milan. The company will also add 119 new routes, including a four-daily Dublin to Amsterdam route, a six-daily Cologne to Berlin route and three routes to Israel from Budapest, Kaunas and Krakow.

The company projects double-digit growth in Ireland, among other countries where Ryanair's Copenhagen operations are expected to double.

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Additionally, Ryanair will add 28 Boeing 737 aircrafts to its fleet this winter, bringing the total aircrafts to 340 by end 2015. Another 330 aircrafts are on order.