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, 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- ________
CHRISTMAS COMES EARLY FOR LUTON!
50,000 SEATS FOR FREE!* - ALL ROUTES!
Ryanair, Europe's No. 1 low fares airline, today (Wednesday, 8th December 2004)
gave the people of Luton an early Christmas present, when it announced an
incredible 50,000 FREE* SEATS ON ALL ROUTES FROM LUTON. Ryanair already operates
3 daily international routes to Dinard (France), Dublin (Ireland) and Milan
(Italy) and will start 9 additional new daily routes from January 2005 to:
Barcelona Girona (Spain) Barcelona Reus (Spain) Esbjerg (Denmark)
Murcia (Spain) Nimes (France) Rome (Italy)
Stockholm (Sweden) Venice (Italy) Shannon**(Ireland)
Speaking in Luton today, Ryanair's CEO, Michael O'Leary, said:
"Christmas has come early for consumers using London Luton airport. Not
only do these passengers now have a real low fares airline, offering
prices that are half the cost of Easyjet, and delivering unbeatable
punctuality - but now we're offering an amazing 50,000 seats for FREE*
(* excluding taxes)! It's a Ryanair pre-Christmas bonanza!
"Our expansion to 12 low fare routes to Europe from Luton with 4 brand
new Boeing aircraft is great news for Bedfordshire consumers, who will
no longer be forced to suffer Easyjets high fares and long delays -
Ryanair has beaten Easyjet's weekly punctuality record for MORE than 2
years!
"So get your skates on this Christmas and grab a FREE* flight with
Ryanair! As our seat sales are incredibly popular and we would urge
consumers to book immediately at WWW.RYANAIR.COM".
RYANAIR EASYJET
PUNCTUALITY 2002 (I) 83% 79%
PUNCTUALITY 2003 (II) 81% 68%
PUNCTUALITY 2004 (III) 92% 81%
AVERAGE FARE (IV) EUR40 EUR62
(Source: (I) from September 2002 / (II) and (III) Official CAA Stats for 2003 to
Nov 2004
- (IV) Annual Published Accounts)
* Passengers only pay taxes and charges
** Starts in May 2005
Ends. Wednesday, 8th December 2004
For reference:
Paul Fitzsimmons - Ryanair Pauline McAlester - Murray Consultants
Tel: 00 353 1 8121228 Tel: 00 353 1 4980300
FROM LUTON:
START DATE FREQUENCY FARE* OFFER
DINARD OPERATING 2 X DAILY GBP0
DUBLIN OPERATING 4 X DAILY GBP0
MILAN OPERATING 5 X DAILY GBP0
MURCIA 12 JAN '05 1 X DAILY GBP0
ROME 12 JAN '05 1 X DAILY GBP0
BARCELONA (GIRONA) 19 JAN '05 1 X DAILY GBP0
BARCELONA (REUS) 19 JAN '05 1 X DAILY GBP0
ESBJERG 19 JAN '05 1 X DAILY GBP0
NIMES 19 JAN '05 1 X DAILY GBP0
STOCKHOLM 19 JAN '05 1 X DAILY GBP0
VENICE 19 JAN '05 1 X DAILY GBP0
SHANNON 3 MAY '05 1 X DAILY GBP0
(* excludes taxes and charges)
50,000 SEATS FOR FREE - (excludes taxes and charges)
Booking Wednesday, 8th Dec. - Midnight Monday, 13th Dec.2004 - Web
period: Only
Travel 06 Jan - 28 Feb - Dublin/Dinard/Milan
period:
12 Jan - 28 Feb - Rome/Murcia
19 Jan - 28 Feb - Barcelona (Girona) / Barcelona (Reus) /
Esbjerg/Nimes/Stockholm/Venice
03 May - 26 May - Shannon
Applicable Monday - Thursday & Saturday
days:
Subject to availability terms and conditions apply. See WWW.RYANAIR.COM for
details.
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: 8 December, 2004
By:___/s/ Howard Millar____
H Millar
Company Secretary & Finance Director