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 February 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- ________
RYANAIR LAUNCHES FRANKFURT MAIN W 2017 SCHEDULE
20 NEW ROUTES, 2.3m C'MERS, 7 BASED AIRCRAFT
Ryanair,
Europe's No. 1 airline, today (28 Feb) launched its first Frankfurt
Main winter schedule (2017), with 7 based aircraft (an investment
of $700m), 20 new routes to Athens, Barcelona, Brindisi, Catania,
Glasgow, Gran Canaria, Krakow, Lanzarote, Lisbon, London, Madrid,
Manchester, Milan, Pisa, Porto, Seville, Tenerife, Toulouse,
Valencia and Venice (24 routes in total), which will deliver over
2.3m customers p.a. and support 1,750* jobs at Frankfurt
Airport.
Ryanair will connect Frankfurt Main with major business centres on
high frequency, low fare services including Barcelona (daily),
London (2 daily), Lisbon (daily), Madrid (daily) and Milan (daily)
on lower fares, making Ryanair the ideal choice for German business
and leisure customers, and these new Frankfurt routes will go on
sale on the Ryanair.com website later this week.
Ryanair's Frankfurt Winter 2017 schedule will deliver:
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7 based aircraft
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20 new routes: Athens (daily), Barcelona (daily),
Brindisi (3 wkly), Catania (4), Glasgow
(daily),
Gran
Canaria (2 wkly), Krakow (daily), Lanzarote (2 wkly), Lisbon
(daily), London (2 daily),
Madrid
(daily), Manchester (6 wkly), Milan (daily), Pisa (3 wkly),
Porto (daily), Seville (3 wkly),
Tenerife
(3), Toulouse (4), Valencia (daily) & Venice
(daily)
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24 routes in total incl. Alicante (3 wkly), Faro
(3), Malaga (4) & Palma (4)
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2.3m customers p.a.
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1,750* "on-site" jobs p.a.
Ryanair's Frankfurt Main summer 2017 schedule is attracting record
bookings, with 4 routes to Alicante, Faro, Malaga and Palma
commencing on 28 March 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 Frankfurt, Ryanair's Michael O'Leary said:
"We are pleased to launch our first Frankfurt Main winter schedule
with 20 new routes which will deliver over 2.3m customers p.a. and
support 1,750* jobs at Frankfurt Airport. Our 7 based
aircraft represents an investment of $700m, which further
underlines our commitment to growing traffic, tourism and jobs in
the Hesse region and we look forward to working closely with
Fraport to deliver industry leading efficiencies and further growth
at Germany's biggest airport.
We are also pleased to report record
bookings on our 4 Frankfurt Main summer 2017 routes to Alicante,
Faro, Malaga and Palma and German 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 Frankfurt.
T
o
celebrate the launch of our Frankfurt winter 2017 schedule we are
releasing seats for sale across our European network from just
€9.99, which are available for booking until midnight
Thursday (2 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
For further information
please
contact:
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Robin
Kiely
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Tim
Howe Schröder
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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:
+353-1-9451717
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press@ryanair.com
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schroedert@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: 28
February, 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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