PASSENGER GROWTH OF 21%

Ryanair Holdings PLC
05 September 2007


Embargoed for release at 10.00am 5/9/07


                RYANAIR PASSENGER GROWTH OF 21% FOR AUGUST 2007


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

                        Aug 06     Aug 07    Increase    12 mth to 31 Aug 07

    Passengers (m) 1    4.002m     4.844m      + 21 %                46.104m

    Load Factor 2          91%        91%           -                    82%


 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, 5th September 2007


For further information:

Peter Sherrard - Ryanair              Pauline McAlester - Murray Consultants

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