Passenger Figures August 06

Ryanair Holdings PLC
04 September 2006



                  RYANAIR PASSENGER GROWTH OF 23% FOR AUGUST 2006



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

                         August        August            Rolling 12 months
                          2005          2006          ended 31st August 2006
    Passengers 1       3,257,009       4,002,358            38,371,772
    Load Factor 2         91%             91%                  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.                                     Monday, 4th September 2006

For further information:

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





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