Ryanair Holdings PLC RYANAIR OCT TRAFFIC GROWS 8% TO 11.8M CUSTOMERS (3275V)

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Ryanair Holdings PLC

02 November 2017

RYANAIR OCT TRAFFIC GROWS 8% TO 11.8M CUSTOMERS

LF RISES 1% TO 96% ON LOWER FARES

Ryanair, Europe's No.1 airline, today (2 Nov) released October traffic statistics as follows:

   --     Traffic grew 8% to 11.8m customers. 
   --     Load factor rose 1% point to 96% 
   --     Rolling annual traffic to October grew 12% to 128.2m customers. 
 
                Oct 16   Oct 17   Change 
-------------  -------  -------  ------- 
 Customers      10.9M    11.8M     +8% 
-------------  -------  -------  ------- 
 Load Factor     95%      96%      +1% 
-------------  -------  -------  ------- 
 

Ryanair's Kenny Jacobs said:

"Ryanair's October traffic grew by 8% to 11.8m customers, while our load factor jumped 1% to 96%, on the back of lower fares. These figures include the flight cancellations announced in September. Ryanair customers can look forward to even lower fares when they make advance bookings for winter or summer, so there's never been a better time to book a low fare flight on Ryanair."

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please contact:

   Robin Kiely                             Piaras Kelly 
                                       Ryanair DAC                           Edelman Ireland 
                                       Tel: [phone]              Tel: [phone] 
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