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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 January
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 RECORD WINTER 2017 MADRID SCHEDULE
3 NEW ROUTES TO BARI, GLASGOW & PRAGUE DELIVER 12%
GROWTH
Ryanair, Spain's No. 1 airline,
today (31 Jan)
launched
its biggest-ever Madrid winter
schedule, with 3 new routes to Bari, Glasgow and Prague, 8 new
winter routes to Cagliari, Lamezia, Luxembourg, Naples, Newcastle,
Nuremberg, Palermo and Verona, and more flights on 4 existing
routes (52 in total), which will deliver 6.7m customers p.a. and
support 5,000* jobs at Madrid Airport, as Ryanair grows its Madrid
operation by 12%.
Ryanair's
Madrid winter 2017 schedule will deliver:
● 3 new
routes to Bari (3 wkly), Glasgow (4 wkly), & Prague (4
wkly)
● 8 new
winter routes to: Cagliari (2 wkly), Lamezia (2 wkly),
Luxembourg (4 wkly), Naples (3 wkly),
Newcastle (2
wkly), Nuremberg (4 wkly), Palermo (2 wkly) & Verona (2
wkly)
● 52
routes in total
● More
flights to Eindhoven (5 wkly),
Fuerteventura (daily), Ibiza (2 daily) & Palma (4
daily)
● 390 weekly flights
● 6.7m customers p.a.
●
5,000* "on-site" jobs p.a.
Ryanair
will continue to connect Madrid with major business centres on high
frequency, low fare services including Berlin (2 daily), Brussels
(3 daily), Dublin (3 daily), London (4 daily), Milan (3 daily) and
Rome (3 daily), with better timings and lower fares, making Ryanair
the ideal choice for Spanish business and leisure
customers.
Ryanair's
Madrid summer 2017 schedule is attracting record bookings, with
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 continues to roll out its "Always
Getting Better" improvements.
In Madrid, Ryanair's Kenny Jacobs said:
"We are pleased to launch
our
biggest ever Madrid winter
schedule, which includes 3 new routes to Bari, Glasgow and Prague,
8 new winter routes and 52 routes in total, which will deliver
6.7m customers
p.a. and support 5,000* jobs at Madrid Airport. These new routes
will go on sale in February as we continue to grow our Madrid
traffic, tourism and jobs, underlining our commitment to
Spain.
We are also pleased to report record bookings on our Madrid summer
2017 schedule and Spanish customers 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
Madrid.
To
celebrate the launch of our Madrid 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 Feb). 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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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: +353-1-6789333
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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: 31
January, 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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