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 August, 2008 

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 
JU
LY
 TRAFFIC GROWS
 19
% 
LOWEST FARES AIRTRAVEL GROWING RAPIDLY
Ryanair, Europe's 
largest 
low fare airlines today (
Tuesday, 
5
th
 August
 2008
) 
announced that it carried 5.
66 
million
 
passengers in 
July
, a 1
9% 
(900,000 passenger) 
in
crease 
when 
compared to July 2007
.
 
Ryanair 
is
 confident that 
traffic 
growth 
will
 remain strong 
as
 
Ryanair
 
continue
s
 to offer passengers 
the
 
guaranteed lowest airfares and
 no fuel surcharge
s
 this winter.  
These strong growth figures prove
 that low fares travel is growing rapidly as competitors raise their high fares and fuel surcharges.
 
Stephen McNamara
, Head
 of 
Communications
, said:
"
Ryanair's latest passenger figures show that we 
are 
rapidly 
growing 
passenger
 
numbe
rs 
this year.
 The most significant thing a
bout today's figures is that we 
carried over 
15million passengers in the last three months
.  
Passengers are 
increasingly attracted to Ryanair's 
 gu
aranteed lowest 
fares 
and our promise of no fuel surcharge
s ever
".
 
The following are 
Ryanair
's passenger and load factor statistics for 
Ju
ly
 
200
8
:
 

 
Ju
l
 0
7
Ju
l
 08
Increase
12 mth 
to 
Ju
l
 0
8
Passengers
 (m)
 
1
 
4.
76
m
5.
66
m
19
%
5
4
.
19
m
Load Factor 
2
 
90
%
89
%
-1
%
81
%



Ends.
    
    
    
    
    
                             Tuesday, 5
th
 August 2008
For further information:
Stephen McNamara
 - Ryanair
       
Pauline McAlester
 - 
Murray
 Consultants
Tel: 00 353 1 812
 1271
 
    
                 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:  05 August 2008 

 

                                                                                                                        By:___/s/ James Callaghan____

                                                                                                                        James Callaghan
                                                                                                                        Company Secretary & Finance Director