SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                                    FORM 6-K


                        Report of Foreign Private Issuer


                       Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
                     of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


                           For the month of May, 2007

                              RYANAIR HOLDINGS PLC
                (Translation of registrant's name into English)

                     c/o Ryanair Ltd Corporate Head Office
                                 Dublin Airport
                             County Dublin Ireland
                    (Address of principal executive offices)


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual
reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

                         Form 20-F..X.. Form 40-F.....


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information
contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the
Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934.

                               Yes ..... No ..X..


If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant
in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82- ________



                  RYANAIR PASSENGER GROWTH OF 19% FOR APR 2007


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



                                                            

                         Apr 06       Apr 07   Increase    Rolling 12 month
                                                            to 30 Apr 07

    Passengers 1      3,439,009    4,108,300   + 19%            43,178,403

    Load Factor 2       85%           83%      - 2%                 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.

May 3rd 2007


For further info:


Ends:

For further information:

Peter Sherrard - Ryanair                 Pauline McAlester - Murray Consultants

Tel: 00 353 1 812 1228                     Tel: 00 353 1 4980 300


                                  SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.

                                    RYANAIR HOLDINGS PLC


Date:  03 May, 2007

                                    By:___/s/ James Callaghan____

                                    James Callaghan
                                    Company Secretary & Finance Director