Form 6-K RYANAIR HOLDINGS PLC For: Mar 15
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 2016
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)
(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 OPENS NEW VILNIUS BASE (NO 82) & LAUNCHES WINTER 2016 SCHEDULE
2 AIRCRAFT, $200M INVESTMENT & 2 NEW ROUTES (BERLIN & MALTA)
Ryanair, Europe's favourite airline, today (15 March) announced it will open a new base at Vilnius Airport (No 82), from 30th October, with 2 aircraft (an investment of $200m), as Ryanair grows its Vilnius traffic by 16%.
In addition, Ryanair launched its Lithuanian winter 2016 schedule with 2 new routes to Berlin and Malta and 3 new winter services to Birmingham, London Luton and London Stansted (23 routes in total), which will deliver 1.5m customers p.a. and support over 1,100* "on-site" jobs.
Ryanair's Lithuania winter 2016 schedule will deliver:
Vilnius
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2 based aircraft ($200m)
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2 new routes: Berlin (3 weekly) & Malta (1 weekly)
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2 new winter services: Birmingham (2 weekly) & Luton (4 weekly)
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More flights to Milan Bergamo (5 weekly)
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15 routes in total
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46 weekly flights
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860,000 customers p.a. (+16%)
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645* "on site" jobs p.a.
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Kaunas
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2 based aircraft
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7 routes including Bristol (2 wkly), Copenhagen (daily), Dublin (4 wkly), Shannon (1 wkly), Eilat Ovda (2 wkly) & London Stansted (4 wkly)
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More flights to Luton (daily)
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27 weekly flights
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600,000 c'mers p.a.
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450 "on-site" jobs p.a.
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Palanga
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1 route to London Stansted (2 weekly)
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33,000 c'mers p.a.
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In Vilnius, Ryanair's Chief Commercial Officer, David O'Brien said:
"We are pleased to announce our second Lithuanian base at Vilnius (No 82) from 30th October with 2 based aircraft, (an investment of $200m), as we grow our traffic at Vilnius by 16%. Our Lithuanian winter 2016 schedule includes 2 new routes to Berlin and Malta, 3 new winter services to London Luton and London Stansted and 23 international routes in total, which will deliver 1.5 million customers p.a. and support over 1,100 jobs.
Our 106m customers can look forward to further improvements, as we continue our "Always Getting Better" programme, which includes more new routes, a new app, new cabin interiors, new crew uniforms and improved inflight menus.
To celebrate the launch of our new base and winter 2016 schedule, we are releasing 100,000 seats for sale across our European network from just €19.99, which are available for booking until Friday (18 March). Since these amazing low prices will be snapped up quickly, customers should log onto www.ryanair.com and avoid missing out."
ENDS
New Winter 2016 Routes
Berlin NEW
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3 x weekly
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Malta NEW
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1 x weekly
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Birmingham NEW W16
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2 x weekly
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London Luton NEW W16
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4 x weekly
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London Stansted NEW W16
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2 x weekly
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* ACI confirms up to 750 'on-site' jobs per 1m passengers
For further information
please contact: Robin Kiely Piaras Kelly
Ryanair Ltd Edelman Ireland
Tel: +353-1-9451949 Tel: +353-1-6789333
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
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Date: 15 March, 2016
By:___/s/ Juliusz Komorek____
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Juliusz Komorek
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Company Secretary
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