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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
2018
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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annual
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Act of
1934.
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No ..X..
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registrant
in
connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82- ________
RYANAIR
LAUNCHES RECORD LONDON S19 SCHEDULE
23 NEW ROUTES (180 TOTAL), 26M CUSTOMERS P.A. (UP 5%)
Ryanair, Europe's No.1 airline, today (12 Sep) launched its biggest
ever London S 2019 schedule, with 23 new routes (over 180 in
total), which will deliver 26m customers p.a. through Ryanair's 4
London airports - Stansted, Luton, Southend and
Gatwick.
Ryanair's London S19 schedule will deliver:
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A new 3 aircraft base at
Southend
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2 more aircraft at Luton (6 in
total)
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23 new routes
including:
3
at Stansted: Kiev, Lviv &
Nantes
6
at Luton: Alicante,
Athens, Barcelona, Bologna, Cork, Malaga
14
at Southend: Alicante, Bilbao, Brest, Copenhagen, Cluj, Corfu,
Dublin, Faro, Kosice,
Malaga, Milan, Palma, Reus & Venice
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Over 180 routes in
total
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26m customers p.a. (up
5%)
●
20,000* "on-site"
jobs p.a.
Last week Ryanair submitted a complaint to the European Commission
over discrimination by UK airline controlled NATS at Stansted, who
refuse to explain why 52% of all London ATC delays in Q1 were at
Stansted while there was zero such delays at Heathrow and just 10%
at Gatwick where (NATS' shareholders) BA and Easyjet are the main
airlines.
We call on the UK Govt and EU to take prompt action against NATS
who continue to deliver an atrocious service to airlines despite
having amongst the highest ATC fees in the EU, and who are
blatantly protecting Heathrow at the expense of all other London
airports, especially Stansted. We expect the EU to act quickly to
ensure a fairer allocation of NATS resources (and delays) to all 5
London airports, instead of protecting
Heathrow.
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Q1 Pax (m)
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% of Delays
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Heathrow
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17.7
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0%
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Gatwick
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9.3
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10%
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Stansted
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5.6
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52%
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Luton
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3.2
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30%
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London
City
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1.0
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8%
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Source:
CAA Oberon Report, CAA Stats
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Ryanair's Michael O'Leary said:
"Ryanair is pleased to launch our biggest ever London S 2019
schedule with over 180 routes from our 4 London airports, including
1 new base at Southend and 23 new routes to exciting destinations
such as Barcelona, Bilbao, Copenhagen and Kiev. Our S2019 schedule
will deliver 26m customers p.a. through Stansted, Luton, Southend
and Gatwick, all at the lowest fares, as we continue to grow London
traffic, tourism and jobs.
We remain concerned at the increasing risk of a hard
(no-deal) Brexit in March 2019. While we hope that
a 21-month transition agreement from March 2019 will be agreed,
recent events in the UK have added uncertainty, and we believe that
the risk of a hard Brexit (which could lead to flights being
grounded for a period of days or weeks) is being
underestimated."
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 DAC
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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: 12
September, 2018
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By:___/s/
Juliusz Komorek____
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Juliusz
Komorek
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Company
Secretary
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