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 November, 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.
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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 4 NEW ROUTES FROM LONDON
TO CZECH REPUBLIC - IRELAND - POLAND - SPAIN
INCREASED FLIGHTS LONDON TO CORK, SHANNON & NIMES
Ryanair, Europe's No.1 low fares airline, today (Friday, 19th November 2004)
announced four new daily routes from London Stansted to Brno (Czech Republic),
Granada (Spain) Wroclow (Poland), and a new daily service from Gatwick to Knock
(Ireland). In addition, Ryanair also announced increased frequency on its
existing routes from London Stansted to Cork (from 3 to 4 x daily), Shannon
(from 2 to 4 x daily) plus a second daily summer service to Nimes (France) from
London.
FROM LONDON STANSTED:
ROUTE FREQUENCY START DATE LOWEST FARE (EX TAXES)
GRANADA 1 X DAILY 7 FEB 05 GBP 7.99
WROCLAW 1 X DAILY 24 MAR 05 GBP 3.99
BRNO 1 X DAILY 24 MAR 05 GBP 3.99
FROM LONDON GATWICK:
ROUTE FREQUENCY START DATE LOWEST FARE (EX TAXES)
KNOCK 1 X DAILY 19 JAN 05 GBP 4.99
INCREASED FREQUENCIES:
ROUTE CURRENT NEW FROM
CORK 3 X DAILY 4 X DAILY 19 JAN 05
SHANNON 2 X DAILY 3 X DAILY 19 JAN 05
4 X DAILY 24 MAR 05
NIMES 1 X DAILY 1 X DAILY (LTN) 14 MAR 05
(EX LTN) 1 X DAILY ( STN)
Announcing Ryanair's new routes in London today, CEO, Michael O'Leary said:
"We are delighted to announce the first Ryanair low fare routes to new
destinations in Poland (Wroclaw), Czech Republic (Brno) and Spain
(Granada). Our new route from Gatwick to Knock (Ireland) will add an
additional 100,000 passengers pa to our existing Stansted-Knock route
(on which this year we will carry over 120,000 passengers)."
"Today's announcement of increased frequency on our routes from Stansted
to Cork & Shannon (together with our new route from London Gatwick to
Knock ) will continue to provide even MORE Ryanair low fares, better
frequency and unbeatable punctuality for Irish and British consumers.
Easyjet can nevermatch Ryanair's low fares, our high frequencies and our
punctuality or customer service for consumers travelling between Ireland
& UK."
"With the addition of a new popular summer service from Stansted to Nimes
(to complement the daily Luton-Nimes route), these new routes and
increased frequencies will mean an additional 800,000 passengers will
save over GBP 80M on the high fares of other airlines and will benefit
from Ryanair's unbeatable punctuality and customer service."
Ends: Friday, 19th November 2004.
For further information:
Paul Fitzsimmons - Ryanair Pat Walsh - 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: 19 November 2004
By:___/s/ Howard Millar____
H Millar
Company Secretary & Finance Director