rya201012146k.htm
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, 2010
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)
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reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
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in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82- ________
RYANAIR CUTS BERLIN (56%), BREMEN (29%) AND DÜSSELDORF WEEZE (21%) FROM SUMMER 2011 AS GERMANY'S €8 TAX DAMAGES TRAFFIC
€8 TOURIST TAX LOSES 3,000,000 PAX & 3,000 JOBS IN 2011 AT BERLIN, BREMEN, DUSSELDORF WEEZE & FRANKFURT HAHN
Ryanair, the world's favourite airline, today (14th Dec) announced further cuts to its 2011 German operations which will suffer the loss of 3m passengers and 3,000 jobs at airports in Berlin, Bremen, Dusseldorf Weeze and Frankfurt Hahn due to the German Govt's new €8 tourist tax.
Ryanair will cut the following flights and traffic from its summer 2011 schedule in response to the German Govt's €8 tourist tax:
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· Berlin - 122 weekly flights, 4 routes and 900,000 passengers p.a. with the loss of 900 jobs.
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· Bremen - 58 weekly flights, 8 routes, 400,000 passengers p.a. with the loss of 400 jobs.
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· Düsseldorf Weeze - 84 weekly flights, 13 routes, 700,000 passengers p.a. with the loss of 700 jobs in Weeze
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· Frankfurt Hahn - 150 weekly flights, 9 routes, 1m passengers p.a. with the loss of 1,000 jobs in Hahn.
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Impact of Germany's €8 tourist tax
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Ryanair cuts 2011
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Route Cuts
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Weekly Flgts
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Traffic loss
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Job cuts
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Berlin
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-4
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-122
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-900,000
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- 900
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Bremen
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-8
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-58
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-400,000
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- 400
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Düsseldorf Weeze
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-13
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-84
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-700,000
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- 700
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Frankfurt Hahn
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-9
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-150
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-1,000,000
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-1,000
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Total Loss (to date)
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-34
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-414
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-3,000,000
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3,000
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Ryanair regrets that the German Govt's €8 tourist tax now makes Germany an uncompetitive tourist destination at a time when many other EU Govts (including Holland, Belgium, Greece and Spain) have scrapped tourist taxes altogether and/or reduced airport charges, in some cases to zero, in order to grow traffic and tourism. Even the Irish Govt last week recognised the damage done to Irish tourism and jobs and has slashed its failed €10 tourist tax to just €3.
Ryanair's Michael O'Leary said:
"The German Govt's €8 tourist tax continues to inflict significant damage on traffic, tourism and jobs in Germany. Ryanair has now announced deep cuts at Berlin, Bremen, Dusseldorf Weeze and Frankfurt Hahn for summer 2011 with the loss of 3m passengers p.a. and over 3,000 jobs at German airports. International experience shows that tourist taxes cause a large traffic and tourism collapses in both Ireland and the UK and we believe that this ill advised €8 tourist tax will inflict similar damage to German tourism and jobs.
Ryanair will move these aircraft to bases outside Germany which welcome tourists instead of taxing them. We urge the German Govt to look again at the damaging impact of tourist taxes in Ireland and the UK before this €8 tourist tax leads to similar declines in traffic and jobs at German airports. Even the Irish Govt recognised the damage that its €10 tourist tax has done to Irish tourism and jobs and last week slashed the tax from €10 to €3 in 2011."
ROUTE CUTS CAUSED BY GERMANY'S €8 TOURIST TAX
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BERLIN(4)
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BREMEN (8)
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DUS'DORF (WEZ) (13)
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F'FURT HAHN (19)
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Bremen
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Alghero
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Berlin
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Agadir
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Frankfurt Hahn
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Berlin
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Birmingham
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Berlin
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Kaunas
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Gdansk
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Bydgoszcz
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Gdansk
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Dusseldorf Weeze
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Kaunas
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Gdansk
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Gothenburg
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Liverpool
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Gothenburg
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Klagenfurt
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Memmingen
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Kaunas
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Prague
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Milan
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Krakow
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Santiago
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Trapani
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Kerry
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Seville
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Oslo
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Wroclaw
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Santander
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Valladolid
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Wroclaw
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Zaragoza
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Stephen McNamara Joe Carmody
Ryanair Ltd Edelman
Tel: +353-1-8121212 Tel. +353-1-6789333
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: 14 December, 2010
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By:___/s/ Juliusz Komorek____
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Juliusz Komorek
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Company Secretary
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