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 December, 2009
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.
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in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82- ________
Ryanair ANNOUNCES 38th BASE AT Malaga
4 aircraft, 39 routes and 2M passengerS P.A. from 2010
500,000 €5 JANUARY SEAT SALE
Ryanair, the world’s favourite airline, today (16th Dec 09) announced it would open its 38th base at Malaga in June 2010 with 4 based aircraft and 19 new routes (39 in total) being launched. Ryanair will create over 200 direct jobs and offer 360 weekly flights to/from Malaga in an investment of over $250 million in the airport.
Ryanair’s 19 new routes from Malaga to Aarhus, Berlin (Schonefeld), Bratislava, Eindhoven, Gothenburg, Krakow, Maastricht, Memmingen (Munich West), Oslo (Torp), Paris (Beauvais), Pisa, Santander, Santiago, Stockholm (Skavsta), Tampere, Valladolid, Venice (Treviso), Wroclaw and Zaragoza will increase Ryanair’s traffic at Malaga to over 2m passengers p.a. which will sustain 2,000 well paid local jobs in the Malaga region.
Ryanair celebrated its new Malaga base by releasing 500,000 €5 January seats for travel on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays on 500 routes across its European network in the new year. These €5 seats are available for booking on www.ryanair.com until midnight Thursday (17th Dec).
In Malaga today, Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary said:
“Ryanair is delighted to announce Malaga as our 38th base with 19 new routes from next June which go on sale on www.ryanair.com tomorrow. With a total of 39 low fare routes from Malaga next summer Spanish consumers and visitors can beat the recession by choosing Ryanair’s lowest fares and our no fuel surcharge guarantee on 39 exciting destinations all over Europe including France, Italy and Germany among others. Ryanair’s 2m passengers p.a. will sustain 2,000 jobs locally at Malaga Airport”.
19 New Malaga routes in 2010 to:
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To |
Date |
To |
Date |
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Aarhus |
23 Jun |
Pisa |
24 Jun |
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Berlin (Sch) |
25 Jun |
Santander |
24 Jun |
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Bratislava |
23 Jun |
Santiago |
23 Jun |
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Eindhoven |
23 Jun |
Stockholm (Skav) |
24 Jun |
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Gothenburg |
25 Jun |
Tampere |
25 Jun |
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Krakow |
24 Jun |
Valladolid |
23 Jun |
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Maastricht |
23 Jun |
Venice (Treviso) |
24 Jun |
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Memmingen |
24 Jun |
Wroclaw |
25 Jun |
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Oslo (Torp) |
23 Jun |
Zaragoza |
24 Jun |
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Paris (Beav) |
23 Jun |
Ends. Wednesday, 16th December 2009
For further information
please contact:
Stephen McNamara Pauline McAlester
Ryanair Ltd Murray Consultants
Tel: +353-1-8121212 Tel. +353-1-4980300
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.
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RYANAIR HOLDINGS PLC |
Date: 16 December, 2009
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By:___/s/ Juliusz Komorek____ |
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Juliusz Komorek |
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Company Secretary |