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, 2008
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 ANNOUNCES 27th EUROPEAN BASE IN EDINBURGH
2 AIRCRAFT ($140M), 19 ROUTES & 1,200 JOBS
Ryanair, Europe's largest low fares airline today (Thursday, 28th February 2008)
announced its 27th European and second Scottish base in Edinburgh. From
September, Ryanair will base two new Boeing 737-800 aircraft (worth $140m) which
will serve 19 routes to/from Edinburgh. These new routes will deliver 1.2m
passengers p.a. who will generate an annual visitor spend of over GBP100m and
sustain 1,200 jobs in Edinburgh and East Scotland.
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| | | | | | |
| Destination | Starts | Frequency | | Destination | Starts | Frequency |
+-------------+-----------+-----------+--+-------------+-----------+-----------+
| Alicante | Mar 08 | 4 x week | | Lodz | Sep 08 | 2 x week |
+-------------+-----------+-----------+--+-------------+-----------+-----------+
| Berlin | Sep 08 | 4 x week | | Malaga | Sep 08 | 4 x week |
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| Billund | Sep 08 | 3 x week | | Marseille | Apr 08 | 2 x week |
+-------------+-----------+-----------+--+-------------+-----------+-----------+
| Bournemouth | Sep 08 | 13 x week | | Palma | Sep 08 | 3 x week |
+-------------+-----------+-----------+--+-------------+-----------+-----------+
| Bremen | Apr 08 | 2 x week | | Pisa | Apr 08 | 3 x week |
+-------------+-----------+-----------+--+-------------+-----------+-----------+
| Bratislava | Sep 08 | 4 x week | | Poznan | Sep 08 | 3 x week |
+-------------+-----------+-----------+--+-------------+-----------+-----------+
| Dublin | Operating | 3 x day | | Shannon | Operating | 4 x week |
+-------------+-----------+-----------+--+-------------+-----------+-----------+
| Dusseldorf | Jun 08 | 2 x week | | Stockholm | Sep 08 | 4 x week |
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| Frankfurt | Apr 08 | 3 x week | | Wroclaw | Sep 08 | 2 x week |
+-------------+-----------+-----------+--+------+------+-----------+-----------+
| Krakow | Sep 08 | 3 x week | | | | |
+-------------+-----------+-----------+--+------+------+-----------------------+
Announcing this new Edinburgh base, Ryanair's Director of Scheduled Revenue,
Sean Coyle said:
"Edinburgh Airport has competed successfully against airports across
Europe for Ryanair's 27th base. Our 19 routes will deliver significant
economic benefits for Edinburgh by capitalising on Scotland's huge
tourism potential and making it cheaper and easier than ever before to
get here.
"Ryanair already connects Scotland to more international destinations
than any other airline and we look forward to delivering savings of over
GBP20m for Edinburgh's passengers compared to the high fares charged by
Easyjet and BA.
"To celebrate the launch of our new Edinburgh base, we are releasing
seats on all of our new routes for GBP10 including taxes and charges,
while our existing routes to Dublin and Shannon will be available for
just 1p all in. We advise passengers to snap up these bargain flights
today on www.ryanair.com, as this offer must end midnight Monday".
Ends. Thursday, 28th February 2008
For information:
Peter Sherrard - Ryanair Pauline McAlester / Robert Marshall -
Murray Consultants
Tel: 00 353 1 812 1228 Tel: 00 353 1 498 0300
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: 28th February, 2008
By:___/s/ James Callaghan____
James Callaghan
Company Secretary & Finance Director