Blueprint
 
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 January 2018

 
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 DEC TRAFFIC GROWS 3% TO 9.3M CUSTOMERS
129M CUSTOMERS CARRIED DURING 2017
Ryanair, Europe's No.1 airline, today (3 Jan) released December traffic statistics as follows:
●     Traffic grew 3% to 9.3m customers.
●     Load factor rose 1% point to 95%
●     Rolling annual traffic to December grew 10% to 129m customers.
 
 
 
Dec 16
Dec 17
Change
Customers
9.0M
9.3M
+3%
Load Factor
94%
95%
+1%
 
Ryanair's Kenny Jacobs said:
 
"Ryanair's December traffic grew by 3% to 9.3m customers, while our load factor jumped 1% to 95%, on the back of lower fares in December.
 
Ryanair customers can look forward to even lower fares for 2018 and we urge all customers who wish to book their summer 2018 holidays to do so now on the Ryanair.com website or mobile app, where they can avail of the lowest fares in Europe."
 
 
 
ENDS
 
For further information
please contact:           
                                  Robin Kiely                             Piaras Kelly   
                                  Ryanair DAC                           Edelman Ireland
                                  Tel: +353-1-9451949              Tel: +353-1-6789333
                                  press@ryanair.com               ryanair@edelman.com
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 January, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:___/s/ Juliusz Komorek____
 
 
 
Juliusz Komorek
 
Company Secretary