Free seat sale triggers records bookings for Ryanair

Ryanair, Europe’s largest low fares airline, announced yesterday that its 250,000 free seat giveaway (including taxes and charges) had triggered record bookings on Ryanair.com. At one stage today, bookings were running at more than double the normal hourly rate at over 20,000 per hour.

Speaking today, Peter Sherrard, Ryanair’s Head of Communications said:

"Ryanair’s free seat giveaway has sent bookings through the roof with 20,000 passengers per hour grabbing bargains on Ryanair’s website.

"Passengers who still haven’t got a free seat should log on to Ryanair.com fast as this giveaway ends at midnight on July12th".