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 April 2006
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 ELEVEN NEW ROUTES FROM LIVERPOOL
TO ABERDEEN, ALGHERO, ANCONA, INVERNESS, KAUNAS, KRAKOW, POZNAN, SANTANDER,
SANTIAGO, TAMPERE & WROCLAW
GBP2,000,000 SAVINGS SALE ON ALL LIVERPOOL ROUTES TO CELEBRATE
NEW ROUTES FROM ONLY GBP2.49*
Ryanair, Europe's largest low fares airline, today (Wednesday, 5th April 2006)
announced 11 new routes from its Liverpool base to Aberdeen and Inverness in
Scotland, Alghero and Ancona in Italy, Kaunas in Lithuania, Krakow, Poznan and
Wroclaw in Poland, Santander and Santiago in Spain and Tampere in Finland. The
new routes will operate 3 times weekly (except Aberdeen and Inverness 7 times
weekly and Tampere 4 times weekly) from the 3rd October bringing the total
number of destinations served by Ryanair in Liverpool to 32.
Speaking in Liverpool today, Ryanair's deputy CEO, Michael Cawley said:
"Ryanair launched its 11th base in John Lennon Airport in November 2004
and since then traffic has increased eightfold. Today, we are delighted
to be adding 11 new routes from Liverpool, which will deliver 600 new
jobs, 600,000 more passengers and GBP80M additional tourism spend in
Merseyside.
"From October, Ryanair will base its sixth and seventh Boeing 737-800
aircraft in Liverpool, bringing our investment in John Lennon Airport to
over $420M bringing 2.8M passengers per annum, sustaining 2,800 jobs in
the region and allowing passengers in the North West to enjoy flights
for half the price of Easyjet.
"To celebrate the launch of these 11 new routes Ryanair is launching a
GBP2,000,000 Seat Sale available on all routes from Liverpool, available
from today on www.ryanair.com and we advise passengers to book early as
demand will be very strong".
GBP2,000,000 SAVINGS SALE ON LIVERPOOL ROUTES
Destination Sale Fare* Fare
Barcelona Girona GBP6.49 GBP7.49
Bergerac GBP2.49 GBP4.49
Carcassonne GBP5.49 GBP6.49
Cork GBP2.49 GBP4.49
Derry GBP0.49 GBP2.49
Dublin GBP0.49 GBP2.49
Granada GBP2.49 GBP4.49
Kerry GBP2.49 GBP4.49
Limoges GBP5.49 GBP7.49
Milan Bergamo GBP2.49 GBP3.49
Murcia GBP12.49 GBP15.49
Nimes GBP2.49 GBP4.49
Oslo Torp GBP0.49 GBP1.49
Porto GBP2.49 GBP4.49
Pisa GBP0.49 GBP2.49
Reus GBP7.49 GBP8.49
Riga GBP7.49 GBP9.49
Rome Ciampino GBP2.49 GBP4.49
Seville GBP2.49 GBP4.49
Shannon GBP0.49 GBP2.49
Venice GBP2.49 GBP4.49
NEW ROUTES
Destination Days Fare* Commencement Date
Aberdeen 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 GBP2.49 3rd October 2006
GBP2.49
Alghero 1 - - - 5 - 7 3rd Oct
GBP2.49
Ancona - 2 - 4 - 6 - 3rd Oct
Inverness 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 GBP2.49 3rd Oct
GBP2.49
Kaunas - 2 - 4 - 6 - 3rd Oct
GBP2.49
Krakow - - 3 - 5 - 7 3rd Oct
GBP2.49
Poznan 1 - 3 - - 6 - 3rd Oct
GBP2.49
Santander 1 - 3 - 5 - - 3rd Oct
GBP2.49
Santiago - 2 - 4 - 6 - 3rd Oct
GBP2.49
Tampere 1 - 3 - 5 - 7 3rd Oct
GBP2.49
Wroclaw - 2 - 4 - - 7 3rd Oct
* One-way excluding taxes
Ends. Wednesday, 5th April 2006
For further information:
Peter Sherrard - Ryanair Pauline McAlester - Murray Consultants
Tel: 00 353 1 8121228 Tel: 00 353 1 4980300
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: 05 April 2006
By:___/s/ James Callaghan____
James Callaghan
Company Secretary & Finance Director