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  June 2010
 
 

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'S MAY TRAFFIC GROWS 17%

 

Ryanair's booked passenger and load factor statistics for May 2010 are as follows:

 

May 09

May 10*

Increase

12 mth to May 10*

Passengers (m) 1

5.51M

6.44M

+17%

68.3M

Load Factor 2

81%

81%

0%

82%


1.   Represents the number of booked seats sold by Ryanair.

2.   Represents the number of passengers as a percentage of total seats available.

*May 2010 figures include up to 250,000 passengers who were booked to fly on flights which were cancelled due to the unnecessary closures of parts of EU airspace following the volcanic eruptions in Iceland.

 

 


Ends.                                                    Thursday, 3rd June 2010


For further information                                             
Please contact:                                  
Stephen McNamara                          Pauline McAlester
Ryanair Ltd                                       Murray Consultants
Tel: +383-1-8121212                         Tel. +383-1-4980300

 


 

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 June 2010

 

 

By:___/s/ Juliusz Komorek____
   
 

Juliusz Komorek
 

Company Secretary