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 06 October, 2004

                              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- ________



                   1/4 MILLION EXTRA REASONS TO FLY RYANAIR!

Ryanair, Europe's No.1 low fares airline, today (Wednesday, 6th October 2004)
celebrated carrying a 1/4 Million MORE passengers than BA in UK/Europe during
September 2004. Passenger traffic statistics released yesterday by Ryanair and
BA confirmed Ryanair carried 2.373M passengers in September - 251,000 MORE than
BA in UK/Europe.

Ryanair's Head of Communications, Paul Fitzsimmons said:

        "Each month more and more people are choosing Ryanair in Europe over BA,
        because only Ryanair offers Europe's lowest air fares coupled with No. 1
        punctuality, frequency and customer service. Now we have 250,000 extra
        confirmations that Ryanair is Britain's favourite airline in Europe!"

PASSENGER STATISTICS - SEPTEMBER 2004

                            RYANAIR         BA             RYANAIR POSITION

PASSENGERS                  2.373 M       2.122 M                 1
LOAD FACTOR                   87%          73.8%                  1
AVERAGE FARE                 EUR39        EUR268                  1


(Source: published Ryanair and BA data - 5/10/04, and published annual accounts)

Ends.                          Wednesday, 6th October 2004

For further information:

Paul Fitzsimmons - 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:  06 October 2004

                                    By:___/s/ Howard Millar____

                                    H Millar
                                    Company Secretary & Finance Director