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 October, 2006

                              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 17% FOR SEPTEMBER 2006



The following are Ryanair's passenger and load factor statistics for September
2006.

                       September      September           Rolling 12 months
                           2005           2006        ended 30th September 2006
    Passengers 1      3,023,819      3,537,431                 38,885,384
    Load Factor 2           87%            86%                        84%



 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, 4th October 2006



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:  4 October, 2006

                                    By:___/s/ James Callaghan____

                                    James Callaghan
                                    Company Secretary & Finance Director