Passenger Growth of 17%

Ryanair Holdings PLC
04 October 2006



               RYANAIR PASSENGER GROWTH OF 17% FOR SEPTEMBER 2006



The following are Ryanair's passenger and load factor statistics for September
2006.

                       September      September           Rolling 12 months
                           2005           2006        ended 30th September 2006
    Passengers 1      3,023,819      3,537,431                 38,885,384
    Load Factor 2           87%            86%                        84%



 1. Represents the number of earned seats flown by Ryanair. Earned seats include
    seats that are flown whether or not the passenger turns up because once a
    flight has departed a no-show customer is not entitled to change flights or
    seek a refund.

 2. Represents the number of passengers as a proportion of the number of seats
    available for passengers.

Ends:                                    Wednesday, 4th October 2006



For further information:

Peter Sherrard - Ryanair                 Pauline McAlester - Murray Consultants
Tel: [phone]                   Tel: [phone]





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