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 JUNE, 2005
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)
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in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82- ________
RYANAIR ANNOUNCES 4 NEW ROUTES
TO GRENOBLE (FRANCE), KAUNAS (LITHUANIA), POZNAN & LODZ (POLAND)
AT FARES FROM 99p*
Ryanair, Europe's No. 1 low fares airline, today (Tuesday, 21st June 2005)
announced four new routes to France, Lithuania and Poland. The new routes, which
will commence on dates between 22nd September and 30th October 2005 will operate
daily from London-Stansted to Grenoble, Kaunas, Lodz and Poznan. In addition,
Ryanair also announced increased frequency on its existing routes from London
Stansted to Derry, Seville, Granada, Riga and Tampere.
COMPARE THE FARES
ONE-WAY FARES FROM:
ROUTE AIRLINE RYANAIR % SAVING
Grenoble* Easyjet: GBP29 GBP0.99 97%
Kaunas** BA: GBP57 GBP3.99 93%
Poznan*** LOT: GBP87 GBP3.99 96%
Lodz**** BA: GBP57 GBP3.99 93%
Announcing the new routes in London today, Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary, said;
"We launched our first route in Poland just three months ago from
London-Stansted to Wroclaw and with these two new routes to Lodz and
Poznan, Ryanair will serve more Polish airports (7) directly from London
that any other airline.
"We are delighted also to announce our first new route to Kaunas in
Lithuania.
This route will operate daily and we expect to carry in excess of
100,000 passengers in our first year of operation.
"Our new daily service to Grenoble in south-east France means that UK
passengers need no longer pay the high fares of Easyjet which are over
20 times** more expensive than Ryanair.
"Today's announcement of increased frequency on our routes from London
Stansted to Seville, Granada, Derry, Riga and Tampere will allow us to
offer up to double daily flights to each of these exciting cities and
will allow us to provide even more low fares and unbeatable punctuality
for European consumers.
"These four new routes and additional frequencies will mean an
additional 650,000 passengers per annum will save over GBP65M each year
over the high fares charged by other airlines such as Easyjet, British
Airways and LOT."
* One-way fare excluding taxes & charges
** See fare comparison table above
Ends. Tuesday, 21st June 2005
Peter Sherrard - Ryanair Pauline McAlester - Murray Consultants
Tel: 00 353 1 8121228 Tel: 00 353 1 4980 300
Ryanair is Europe's No. 1 low fares airline with 233 low fare routes across 20
countries. The airline has 12 European bases and by the end of 2005 will operate
an entire fleet of 96 new Boeing 737-800 aircraft with firm orders for a further
129 which will be delivered over the following 6 years. Ryanair currently
employs a team of 2,700 people and will carry in excess of 35 million scheduled
passengers in the coming financial year.
For booking & further information visit www.ryanair.com
FARE TABLE
*Fare source: Easyjet website, one-way fares London Luton to Grenoble ex taxes
booking 17.06.05, travel 23.09.05
**Fare source: BA website, one-way fares ex taxes from London Heathrow
to Vilnius (closest airport) booking 17.06.05 for travel 25.09.05
***Fare source LOT website, one-way fares ex taxes London Heathrow to Poznan
(via Warsaw) booking 17.06.05 for travel 23.09.05
****Fare source: BA website, one-way fares ex taxes from London Heathrow
to Warsaw (closest airport) booking 17.06.05 for travel 30.10.05
All Ryanair fares one-way ex taxes. Where possible start date of routes have
been chosen for comparison
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: 21 June 2005
By:___/s/ Howard Millar____
H Millar
Company Secretary & Finance Director