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 February 2017

 
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 JAN TRAFFIC GROWS 17% TO 8.77M CUSTOMERS
LOAD FACTOR RISES 2% TO 90% ON LOWER FARES
Ryanair, Europe's favourite airline, today (3 Feb) released January traffic statistics as follows:
●     Traffic grew 17% to 8.77m customers.
●     Load factor rose 2% points to 90%
●     Rolling annual traffic to Jan grew 15% to 118.3m customers.
 
 
Jan 16
Jan 17
Change
Customers
7.50
M
8.77
M
+17%
Load Factor
88%
90%
+2%
 
Ryanair's Kenny Jacobs said:
 
"Ryanair's January traffic grew by 17% to 8.77m customers, while our load factor jumped 2% points to 90%, on the back of lower fares and the continuing success of our "Always Getting Better" customer experience programme.
 
Customers can look forward to even lower fares when they make advance bookings for summer 2017, so there's never been a better time to book a low fare flight on Ryanair and we urge all customers who wish to book their summer 2017 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 February, 2017
 
 
By:___/s/ Juliusz Komorek____
 
 
 
Juliusz Komorek
 
Company Secretary