Ryanair Holdings PLC RYANAIR DECEMBER TRAFFIC GROWS 20% (2178B)

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Ryanair Holdings PLC

05 January 2015

RYANAIR DECEMBER TRAFFIC GROWS 20% TO OVER 6M CUSTOMERS

LOAD FACTOR RISES 7% POINTS TO 88%

Ryanair, Europe's favourite airline, today (5 Jan) released its December traffic and load factor statistics as follows:

   --    Traffic grew by 20% to over 6m customers. 
   --    Load factor increased 7% points to 88%. 
   --    Rolling annual traffic to December rose 6% to 86.4m customers. 
 
              Dec 13  Dec 14  Change 
              ------  ------  ------ 
Customers     5.02m   6.02m    +20% 
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Load Factor    81%     88%     +7% 
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Ryanair's Chief Marketing Officer, Kenny Jacobs said

"Ryanair's traffic grew by 20% to over 6m customers in December, while our load factor rose by 7% points to 88%, thanks to our lower fares, our stronger forward booking strategy and the continuing success of our "Always Getting Better" customer programme, which is delivering better than expected load factors in our significantly expanded winter schedule. With our new routes, increased frequencies, improving customer experience and Business Plus service, Ryanair continues to deliver so much more than the lowest fares in every market we operate in."

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   Robin Kiely                            Joe Carmody 
                                       Ryanair Ltd                            Edelman Ireland 
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