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 JUNE, 2006
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- ________
GBP1 JULY SEAT SALE DRIVES RECORD DAY OF BUSINESS ON RYANAIR.COM
Ryanair, Europe's No. 1 low fares airline today (20th June) announced that it
had recorded its busiest ever day of business on www.ryanair.com on Monday 19th
June. Ryanair.com was launched in 2000 and now accounts for over 98% of all
sales. Yesterday the internet site registered a record 6.5M page views that
resulted in the airline taking 198,000 bookings in a single day.
Announcing the record day of business, Peter Sherrard Ryanair's Head of
Communications said:
"Yesterday the www.ryanair.com servers were going into overdrive to cope with an
unprecedented volume of bookings following the announcement of our GBP1 seat
sale. We are used to our seat sales generating big increases in traffic but
because this sale includes flights for GBP1* 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 GBP1* sale continues until midnight Thursday so while
yesterday was ryanair.com's busiest day we also expect that this will be its
busiest ever week".
*One-way excludes taxes and charges
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| Booking Period: | Until Midnight Thursday 22nd June 2006 |
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| Travel Period: | Tuesday 4th July until Wednesday 25th Oct |
| | 2006 |
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| Applicable Days: | Mon - Thurs & Sat Subject To Availability |
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| Flight must be | 14 Days in advance |
| purchased: | |
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| Blackout Period: | 15th Jul '06 - 31st Aug '06 all routes |
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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
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: 20 June 2006
By:___/s/ James Callaghan____
James Callaghan
Company Secretary & Finance Director