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 September 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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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 FOUR NEW ROUTES
Big expansion in Spain and first daily services to Portugal
Ryanair, Europe's No. 1 low fares airline today (Tuesday, 21st September 2004)
announced four new low fares routes from London Stansted to Spain and Portugal.
The new routes, which will commence on dates between the 2nd November 2004 and
the 25th February 2005, will give even greater choice to consumers of Ryanair's
lowest fares. This brings to 78 the number of routes offered by Ryanair from
London Stansted and to 12 the total number of airports served in the Iberian
Peninsula from London.
From London Stansted Starts Starting fares (excl. taxes)
Valencia 2 Nov GBP0.99
Almeria 19 Jan GBP0.99
Porto 19 Jan GBP3.99
Seville 25 Feb GBP4.99
Announcing the new routes in London today, Ryanair's Chief Executive, Michael
O'Leary said:
"We opened our first route to Spain in November 2002 and, with this
announcement today, Ryanair will serve more Spanish airports (10)
directly from London than any other airline. We are also delighted to
launch our first scheduled route from London to Portugal with a
twice-daily service to Porto, Portugal's second largest city. This year
Ryanair will carry over 4 million passengers on our routes to Spain and
next year we expect to see that figure rise to 5.5 million.
"Two of these routes, Valencia and Almeria, have already been announced
by Easyjet but, as in the case of Barcelona (Girona), Reus and
Santander, where we compete with them, it is only by flying with Ryanair
will consumers enjoy the lowest airfares and the best punctuality.
Easyjet's average fare remains more than 60% higher than Ryanair while
their on time performance has trailed behind Ryanair's for over 100
weeks in a row. In total our passengers on these routes will save over
GBP86 million against the same services offered by Easyjet.
"These fantastic new Spanish and Portuguese routes are on sale from
today at www.ryanair.com from an incredible GBP0.99 (excluding taxes)
and at these fantastic prices we urge passengers to book quickly as
these seats will be in huge demand".
Ends: Tuesday, 21st September 2004
For further information:
Paul Fitzsimmons - Ryanair Pauline McAlester - 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: 21 September 2004
By:___/s/ Howard Millar____
H Millar
Company Secretary & Finance Director