5th Sep 2005 15:00
Ryanair Holdings PLC05 September 2005 IT'S OFFICIAL - RYANAIR IS THE WORLD'S FAVOURITE AIRLINE AUGUST PASSENGER STATS BLOW BRITISH AIRWAYS AWAY Ryanair, Europe's No. 1 low fares airline, today (Monday, 5th September 2005)celebrated carrying more passengers in one month than British Airways on itsworldwide network for the first ever time. The statistics for August publishedby both Ryanair and BA show that Ryanair carried 156,000 more passengers thanBA's entirenetwork figure. Ryanair currently operates 250 routes across 21countries and this year will carry 35 million passengers. Speaking this afternoon, Ryanair's CEO, Michael O'Leary said: "It's official - RYANAIR has today become the WORLD'S FAVOURITE AIRLINE! Last month Ryanair's traffic exceeded BA's worldwidepassengers across its entire network. Ryanair carried over 3.26 million passengers an increase of 27% on the same period last year, while BA carried 3.10 million passengers on its entire worldwide network, as sales slumped by 4% from BA's August 2004 traffic in the face of multiple fuel surcharges. (BA suffered flight disruptions in August 2004 as well as 2005) "Ryanair's passenger volumes are growing rapidly thanks to new destinations, lowest ever fares, industry leading punctuality and customer service and Ryanair's guarantee of NO fuel surcharges, not today, not tomorrow, not ever. BA keep turning passengers away with fuel surcharge after fuel surcharge, high fares, poor punctuality, flight cancellations and no catering. At least on Ryanair, customers can buy a sandwich with £100 they have saved over BA's high fares. "That is why RYANAIR is now the WORLD'S FAVOURITE AIRLINE, and BA are now officially just the second choice". ENDS. Monday, 5th September 2005 For further information: Peter Sherrard - Ryanair Pauline McAlester - Murray ConsultantsTel: 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:
RYA.L