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  December, 2009 
 

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 39
TH
 BASE AT FARO
3 AIRCRAFT, 28 ROUTES AND 1.3M PASSENGERS P.A. FROM 2010
 
500,000 €5 JANUARY SEAT SALE
 
Ryanair, the world's favourite airline, today (16
th
 Dec 09) announced it would open its 39
th
 base at Faro in March 2010 with 3 based aircraft and 14 new routes (28 in total) being launched. Ryanair
will create over 150 direct jobs and offer over 200 weekly flights to/from Faro in an investment of over $200 million in the airport.
 
Ryanair's 14 new routes from Faro to Billund, Birmingham, Derry, Eindhoven, Kerry, Knock, Madrid, Marseille, Maastricht, Milan (Bergamo), Oslo (Rygge), Paris (Beauvais) and Stockholm (Skavsta) will increase Ryanair's traffic at Faro to 1.3million p.a. which will sustain 1,300 well paid local jobs in the region. 
 
Ryanair celebrated its new Faro base by releasing 500,000 €5 seats for travel on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays on over 500 routes across its European network in January. These €5 seats are available for booking on 
www.ryanair.com
 until midnight Thursday (17
th
 Dec).
 
In Faro today, Ryanair's Michael O'Leary said:
 
"Ryanair is delighted to announce Faro as our 39
th
 base with 14 new routes from next March which go on sale on 
www.ryanair.com
 tomorrow. With a total of 28 low fare routes from Faro next summer Portuguese consumers and visitors can beat the recession by choosing Ryanair's lowest fares and our no fuel surcharge guarantee on 28 exciting destinations all over Europe including France, Italy and Germany among others.  Ryanair's 1.3m passengers p.a. will sustain 1,300 jobs locally at Faro Airport".
 
14 New Faro routes in 2010 to:
 
 
To
Date
To 
Date
Billund
30 Mar
Marseille
30 Mar
Birmingham
28 Mar
Maastricht
27 Apr
Derry
30 Mar
Memmingen (Mun)
27 Apr
Eindhoven
27 Apr
Milan (Bergamo)
25 Mar
Kerry
30 Mar
Oslo (Rygge)
30 Mar
Knock
30 Mar
Paris (Beauvais)
27 Apr
Madrid
27 Apr
Stockholm (Skavsta)
30 Mar
Guilhermino Rodrigues, CEO of ANA, said:

"This is a great day for our airport and our region as Europe's largest airline opens a base in Faro. Today's announcement shows Faro as an exception in the sector and will help create much needed jobs. It shows Ryanair shares our confidence in the tremendous opportunity for strong market growth at Faro".
 
Ends.                                                                      Wednesday, 16
th
 December 2009
 
For further information:
Stephen McNamara – Ryanair                           Pauline McAlester - Murray Consultants 
Tel: 00 353 1 812 1271                                        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:  16 December, 2009 

 

By:___/s/ Juliusz Komorek____
   
 

Juliusz Komorek
 

Company Secretary