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 July, 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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reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
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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 LAUNCHES 8 NEW
ROUTES TO BRITAIN
4 TO LIVERPOOL, 2 TO LONDON, 1 TO NEWCASTLE & GLASGOW
LAUNCHES EUROPE WIDE SEAT SALE - 3M REASONS TO VISIT LONDON
In London today (Wednesday, 13th July 2005) Ryanair, the largest passenger
airline in the UK-European market and the number one carrier of overseas
visitors into London unveiled 8 new routes for this Winter's schedule, including
two new destinations with daily flights from London Stansted to Toulon in the
South of France and Krakow in Poland. Ryanair also unveiled four new routes from
its Liverpool base to Oslo, Riga, Carcassonne and Bergerac, as well as a new
route from Newcastle to Oslo and from Glasgow Prestwick to Krakow. As part of
this expansion a fifth aircraft will now be based in Liverpool from 27th
September next.
Ryanair also announced this morning that it would launch a major tourism drive
to encourage visitors to come to London by releasing 3 million seats at a price
of just GBP1 or EUR1 plus taxes, which have gone on sale on Ryanair's website at
www.ryanair.com for travel during August, September and October 2005. This seat
sale will be backed up with a Pan European GBP5 million advertising campaign
over the next 3 months featuring London and a range of other British cities.
Speaking this morning in London, Ryanair's CEO, Michael O'Leary, said:
"Ryanair decided to bring forward these route launches and this seat
sale from September to the middle of July because we believe the best
response to last weeks terrorist attacks is for ordinary people to
continue to live their lives as normal, and to continue to travel as
before. It is more important than ever that the leading players in
London and British tourism such as Ryanair make it even more attractive
for visitors to come to London this Autumn and show the terrorists that
we will not be put off by their atrocities.
"We are delighted with our two new routes to London from Krakow in
Poland and Toulon in the South of France and we are particularly pleased
with the continued expansion of our successful Liverpool base, which is
growing rapidly. We expect that traffic at Liverpool will continue to
grow, particularly as the city becomes Europe's capital of culture in
2006.
"These 3 million seats went on sale on our website at Ryanair.com this
week and will remain available for booking until midnight on Monday next
for travel during the months of August, September and October 2005.
However, since seats at these low prices during the peak Summer period
are a rarity, we would encourage all visitors to London to snap them up
quickly as there will be huge demand for them".
New Route from To Start Date
London Stansted Krakow Oct 05
London Stansted Toulon Oct 05
Liverpool Oslo Sept 05
Liverpool Riga Sept 05
Liverpool Bergerac Feb 06
Liverpool Carcassonne Feb 06
Glasgow Prestwick Krakow Nov 05
Newcastle Olso Sept 05
Ends.Wednesday, 13th July 2005
For further information please contact:
Peter Sherrard Pauline McAlester
Ryanair 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.
RYANAIR HOLDINGS PLC
Date: 13 July, 2005
By:___/s/ Howard Millar____
H Millar
Company Secretary & Finance Director