Ryanair April Passenger Stats

Ryanair Holdings PLC
04 May 2006




                 RYANAIR PASSENGER GROWTH OF 29% FOR APRIL 2006



The following are Ryanair's passenger and internet statistics for April 2006.

    +----------------------------+---------+---------+---------------------+
    |                            |  April  |  April  |  Rolling 12 months  |
    |                            |         |         |ended 30th April 2006|
    |                            |  2005   |  2006   |                     |
    +----------------------------+---------+---------+---------------------+
    |Passengers 1                |2,656,855|3,439,009|     35,550,967      |
    +----------------------------+---------+---------+---------------------+
    |Load Factor 2               |   81%   |   85%   |         83%         |
    +----------------------------+---------+---------+---------------------+
    |Internet Sales Percentage3  |   98%   |   98%   |         98%         |
    +----------------------------+---------+---------+---------------------+



 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.
 3. Represents the number of initial seat sales sold via the Ryanair internet
    site as a percentage of total initial seat sales. Initial seat sales exclude
    changed and amended seat sales.


Ends. Thursday, 4th May 2006

For further information:

Peter Sherrard - Ryanair     Pauline McAlester - Murray Consultants

Tel: [phone]       Tel: [phone]





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