Passenger Growth of 23%

Ryanair Holdings PLC
05 February 2007


                  RYANAIR PASSENGER GROWTH OF 23% FOR JAN 2007


The following are Ryanair's passenger and load factor statistics for January
2007.

                     January     January      Rolling 12 months     Increase
                        2006        2007   ended 31st January 2007

    Passengers 1   2,538,371   3,134,531          41,128,255         + 23%

    Load Factor 2     74%         71%                83%              - 3%


 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:                                                         5th February 2007


For further info, please contact:


Peter Sherrard - Ryanair             Pauline McAlester - Murray Consultants

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