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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 2017
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- ________
NEW POZNAN BASE ANNOUNCED
7 NEW ROUTES TO ATHENS, BILLUND, CASTELLON,
EILAT OVDA, MADRID, OSLO TORP & TEL AVIV
Ryanair, Poland's No. 1 airline, today (16
Mar) announced a new
Poznan base, its fifth in Poland, as it launched its biggest ever
Poznan winter schedule (2017), with 1 based aircraft (an
investment of $100m) and 7 new routes to Athens, Billund,
Castellon, Eilat Ovda, Madrid, Oslo Torp and Tel
Aviv, and extra flights to London Stansted (14 routes in
total), which will deliver
500,000 customers p.a. and support 375*
jobs at Poznan Airport.
Ryanair
will continue to connect Poznan with major business and leisure
centres on high frequency, low fare services, including Dublin (3
wkly) and London (daily), with better timings and lower fares,
making Ryanair the ideal choice for Polish business and leisure
customers.
Ryanair's
Poznan winter 2017 schedule will deliver:
● 1
based aircraft
● 7 new
routes to: Athens, Billund, Castellon, Eilat Ovda, Madrid, Oslo
Torp & Tel Aviv (all 2 x weekly)
● More
winter flights to: London Stansted (daily)
● 14
routes in total
● 34 weekly flights
●
500,000 customers
p.a.
●
375* "on-site" jobs
p.a.
Ryanair's
Poznan summer 2017 schedule is attracting record bookings, with
more frequencies to destinations for summer family holidays
including routes to Barcelona, Corfu and Malta, on lower fares as
Ryanair passes on lower fuel costs, and an even better customer
experience, as it continues to roll out its "Always Getting Better"
improvements.
In Poznan, Ryanair's Chief Legal and Regulatory Officer Juliusz
Komorek said:
"We are pleased to announce a new Poznan base, our fifth in Poland,
as we launch our winter 2017 schedule, which includes 7 new routes
to Athens, Billund, Castellon, Eilat Ovda, Madrid, Oslo Top and Tel
Aviv, more winter flights to London and 14 routes in total, which
will deliver 500,000 customers p.a. and support 350* jobs at Poznan
Airport. Our based aircraft represents an investment of $100m,
which further underlines our commitment to growing traffic, tourism
and jobs in the Wielkopolska region and we look forward to working
closely with our airport partners to deliver further growth in
Poznan. These new flights will go on sale on the Ryanair.com
website today.
We are also pleased to report record bookings on our Poznan summer
2017 schedule and Polish customers and visitors can look forward to
even lower fares, so there's never been a better time to book a low
fare flight on Ryanair. We urge all customers who wish to book
their holidays to do so now on the Ryanair.com website or mobile
app, where they can avail of the lowest fare air travel to and from
Poznan.
To
celebrate the launch of our Poznan winter 2017 schedule we are
releasing
seats for sale across our European network from just 89zl, which
are available for booking until midnight Monday (20 Mar).
Since these amazing low prices
will be snapped up quickly, customers should log onto
www.ryanair.com
and avoid missing
out."
ENDS
*ACI
research confirms up to 750 'on-site' jobs are sustained at
international airports for every 1m passengers
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For
further information
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please
contact:
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Robin
Kiely
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Olga
Pawlonka
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Ryanair
Ltd
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Ryanair
Ltd
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Tel:
+353-1-9451949
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Tel:
+353-1-9451768
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press@ryanair.com
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pawlonkao@ryanair.com
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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.
Date: 16
March, 2017
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By:___/s/
Juliusz Komorek____
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Juliusz
Komorek
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Company
Secretary
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