20th Jun 2006 11:24
Ryanair Holdings PLC20 June 2006 £1 JULY SEAT SALE DRIVES RECORD DAY OF BUSINESS ON RYANAIR.COM Ryanair, Europe's No. 1 low fares airline today (20th June) announced that ithad recorded its busiest ever day of business on www.ryanair.com on Monday 19thJune. Ryanair.com was launched in 2000 and now accounts for over 98% of allsales. Yesterday the internet site registered a record 6.5M page views thatresulted in the airline taking 198,000 bookings in a single day. Announcing the record day of business, Peter Sherrard Ryanair's Head ofCommunications said: "Yesterday the www.ryanair.com servers were going into overdrive to cope with anunprecedented volume of bookings following the announcement of our £1 seat sale.We are used to our seat sales generating big increases in traffic but becausethis sale includes flights for £1* during the popular first half of July,traffic volumes broke all previous records. The record 198,000 bookings is a 16%increase on the previous record set in September 2005. "Yesterday, Ryanair.com recorded: €6.5M page views €198,000 bookings on 341 routes €18,000 bookings in the 1 hour period between 14.00 and 15.00 €98.9% of all bookings were made online "The 500,000 seats for £1* sale continues until midnight Thursday so whileyesterday was ryanair.com's busiest day we also expect that this will be itsbusiest ever week". *One-way excludes taxes and charges+-------------------------+--------------------------------------------+| Booking Period: | Until Midnight Thursday 22nd June 2006 |+-------------------------+--------------------------------------------+| Travel Period: | Tuesday 4th July until Wednesday 25th Oct || | 2006 |+-------------------------+--------------------------------------------+| Applicable Days: | Mon - Thurs & Sat Subject To Availability |+-------------------------+--------------------------------------------+| Flight must be | 14 Days in advance || purchased: | |+-------------------------+--------------------------------------------+| Blackout Period: | 15th Jul '06 - 31st Aug '06 all routes |+-------------------------+--------------------------------------------+ Ends: Tuesday 20th June 2006 For further information: Peter Sherrard - Ryanair Pauline McAlester - Murray Consultants Tel: 00 353 1 812 1228 Tel: 00 353 1 4980 300 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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