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  March, 2010
 
 

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- ________
 

Ryanair's Leeds Bradford base opens today

 

2 aircraft, 17 routes and 1m pax p.a.

 

Ryanair, the World's favourite airline, today (25^th Mar 10) opened its 34^th base at Leeds Bradford with two aircraft and 17 routes which will increase Ryanair's traffic at Leeds Bradford to 1m passengers p.a. and sustain 1,000 jobs at Leeds Bradford Airport.
 
Ryanair celebrated this new base and 17 routes by releasing 1m €5 seats for travel across its European network in late April and May which are available for booking on www.ryanair.comuntil midnight Monday (29^th Mar).

 

Speaking in Leeds Bradford today, Ryanair's Dara Brady said:

 

"Ryanair is delighted to open its Leeds Bradford base which offers passengers 17 routes in a total investment worth over $140m.  Ryanair's Leeds Bradford base will deliver 1million passengers p.a. and sustain 1,000 local jobs.
 
"To celebrate the opening of our Leeds Bradford base we are releasing 1m €5 seats for travel in late April and May on over 500 Ryanair routes throughout Europe".

 

Ryanair's 17 Leeds Bradford routes
 

 

Alicante	Malaga
Barcelona	Malta
Carcassonne	Montpellier
Dublin	Murcia
Faro	Nantes
Ibiza	Palma
Knock	Pisa
Krakow	Venice Treviso
Limoges

 

  

Tony Hallwood, LBIA Commercial Director, said

 

"Leeds Bradford is pleased to see the commencement of 14 new destinations by Ryanair this week, offering Yorkshire leisure travellers a wide choice of destinations across six European countries. By delivering seven new routes to the airport this summer Ryanair is also supporting LBIA's important role as Yorkshire's international gateway airport and securing over 1,000 new jobs in the region".

 

Gary Verity, Chief Executive of Welcome to Yorkshire, said:

 

"This is great news for Yorkshire as it reinforces the work that we are doing internationally to ensure our region is the UK's number one holiday destination. The new Ryanair routes open up the region to a combined population of over 5 million possible visitors. You can be sure they will all receive a very warm welcome to Yorkshire".

Ends.                                                                Thursday, 25^th March 2010

For further information:
Stephen McNamara - Ryanair                     Pauline McAlester - Murray Consultants
Tel: 00 353 1 812 1271                                  Tel: 00 353 1 4980 30