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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 September 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)
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 RECORD (+ 6%) MADRID S 2017 SCHEDULE
3 NEW ROUTES TO LUXEMBOURG, NEWCASTLE & VERONA, 6.5M
CUSTOMERS
Ryanair, Europe's
No. 1 airline, today (15 Sept) launched its biggest ever Madrid
summer 2017 schedule, with 3 new routes to Luxembourg, Newcastle
and Verona, 4 new summer services to Brussels, Sofia, Toulouse and
Wroclaw, and extra flights to Eindhoven and Rabat, which will
deliver 6.5m customers p.a. and support 4,900* jobs at Madrid
Airport, as Ryanair grows its Madrid
traffic by 6% in 2017.
Ryanair's Madrid
summer schedule will see more frequencies to sun destinations for
summer family holidays, lower fares as Ryanair passes on lower fuel
costs, and an even better customer experience, as it rolls out year
3 of its "Always Getting Better" customer experience programme, and
will deliver:
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3 new routes to: Luxembourg (4 wkly), Newcastle (2
wkly) & Verona (2 wkly)
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4 new summer routes to: Brussels (2 daily), Sofia (4
wkly), Toulouse (2 daily) & Wroclaw (2 wkly)
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More flights to Eindhoven (4 wkly), Milan B (18 wkly)
& Rabat (3 wkly)
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46 routes in total
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6.5m customers p.a. (+350,000)
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4,900* "on-site" jobs p.a.
Ryanair
will continue to connect Madrid with major leisure and business
centres on high frequency, low fare services including Dublin (3
daily), London (4 daily) and Rome (3 daily) with better timings and
lower fares, making Ryanair the ideal choice for Madrid business
and leisure customers.
In Madrid, Ryanair's Michael O'Leary said:
"We are pleased to launch our biggest ever Madrid summer schedule,
which includes 3 new routes to Luxembourg, Newcastle and Verona, 4
new summer routes to Brussels, Sofia, Toulouse and Wroclaw, and
extra flights to Eindhoven, Milan and Rabat, which will deliver
6.5m million customers p.a. and support 4,900* jobs at Madrid
Airport.
Customers can look forward to even lower fares when they make
advance bookings for summer 2017. As our recent guidance confirmed,
Ryanair expects average fares to fall by between 10% to 12% in the
6 months to March 2017. There's never been a better time to book a
low fare flight on Ryanair and we urge all customers who wish to
book their summer 2017 holidays to do so now on the Ryanair.com
website, where they can avail of the lowest fare air travel to and
from Madrid.
To celebrate the
launch of our Madrid summer 2017 schedule we are releasing 100,000
seats for sale across our European network from just €19.99,
which are available for booking until Monday (19 Sep). 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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Piaras Kelly
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Ryanair Ltd
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Edelman Ireland
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Tel: +353-1-9451949
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Tel: +353-1-6789 333
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press@ryanair.com
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ryanair@edelman.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: 15
September, 2016
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By:___/s/
Juliusz Komorek____
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Juliusz
Komorek
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Company
Secretary
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