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 October, 2007
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- ________
31st NEW ROUTE FROM SHANNON BASE
AND 3 NEW ROUTES FROM DUBLIN
SHANNON - ALICANTE
DUBLIN - PALMA, SANTANDER AND ZADAR (Croatia)
Ryanair, Ireland's favourite airline, today (Thursday, 25th October 2007)
announced its 31st new route from Shannon to Alicante and three new routes
from Dublin to Palma, Santander and Zadar (Croatia), all of which start in
March 2008. This will bring the number of Ryanair routes from Dublin to 83,
and from Shannon to 31. Ryanair will carry over 13 million passengers on
135 Irish routes next year. No other airline carries as many passengers or
offers as many routes to/from Ireland.
Speaking in Limerick today, Ryanair's CEO Michael O'Leary said:
"Ryanair's low fares are delivering record growth for Irish Tourism on
135 routes from 7 Irish airports. At a time when Aer Lingus is
abandoning regional Irish airports and pulling routes such as Heathrow
- Shannon and Poznan, Newcastle and Seville from Dublin, Ryanair will
open 18 new routes from Cork, Dublin, Kerry, Knock and Shannon in the
next two months alone.
"In two weeks time, Ryanair will open 8 new routes from Shannon,
including its first domestic service from Shannon to Dublin. This new
route will allow passengers from the mid-west to avoid the nightmare
of traffic on the N7 and the M50, with 40 minute flights for less than
the cost of a gallon of petrol. Ryanair's 31 Shannon routes will
deliver two million passengers to Shannon in the coming year,
generating a visitor spend of EUR350m and supporting 2,000 local jobs.
"To celebrate the imminent launch of our Shannon Dublin service
Ryanair is releasing 10,000 free seats* on its Shannon Dublin route
for travel in November, December and January and we advise passengers
to book now because these bargains will be snapped up in record time".
*Just pay the taxes and charges
Ends. Thursday, 25th October 2007
For reference:
Peter Sherrard - 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: 25 October 2007
By:___/s/ James Callaghan____
James Callaghan
Company Secretary & Finance Director