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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)
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registrant
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RYANAIR LAUNCHES RECORD W 2017 MILAN MALPENSA SCHEDULE
7 NEW ROUTES TO ALICANTE, EINDHOVEN, KATOWICE,
LAMEZIA, LIVERPOOL, PALERMO & VALENCIA DELIVER 50%
GROWTH
Ryanair, Italy's
No. 1 airline, today (26 Jan) launched its biggest-ever Milan
Malpensa winter schedule, with 7 new routes to Alicante, Eindhoven,
Katowice, Lamezia, Liverpool, Palermo and Valencia (16 in total),
which will deliver 1.7m customers p.a. in total and support 1,300*
jobs at Milan Malpensa Airport, as Ryanair grows its winter
capacity by 54%.
Ryanair
will continue to connect Milan Malpensa with major business centres
on high frequency, low fare services including Brussels (2 daily)
and London (2 daily), with better timings and lower fares, making
Ryanair the ideal choice for Italian business and leisure
customers, as these new routes will go on sale in February
2017.
● 7 new
routes: Alicante (2 weekly), Eindhoven (4 weekly), Katowice (2
weekly)
Lamezia
(2 daily), Liverpool (3 weekly), Palermo (2 daily) & Valencia
(daily)
● 16
routes in total
● 1.7m
customers p.a.
●
1,300* "on-site" jobs p.a.
Ryanair's
Milan Malpensa 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 Milan Malpensa, Ryanair's Michael O'Leary said:
"We are pleased to launch our biggest ever Milan Malpensa winter
schedule, which includes 7 new routes to Alicante, Eindhoven,
Katowice, Lamezia, Liverpool, Palermo and Valencia, (16 routes in
total), which will deliver 1.7m customers p.a. and support 1,300*
jobs at Milan Malpensa airport. These new routes will double our
Milan Malpensa capacity as we continue to grow our traffic, tourism
and jobs, underlining our commitment to Italy.
We are also pleased to report record bookings on our Malpensa
summer 2017 schedule, so Italian customers can look forward to even
lower fares. 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
Milan Malpensa.
To
celebrate the launch of our Milan Malpensa winter 2017 schedule we
are releasing seats for sale across our European network from just
€9.99, which are available for booking until midnight Monday
(30 Jan). Since these amazing low prices will be snapped up
quickly, customers should log onto www.ryanair.com
and avoid missing
out."
Pietro
Modiano, Presidente of SEA, said:
"Ryanair today announced its most extensive winter schedule from
Milan Malpensa and I thank the company and its CEO Michael O'Leary
for your confidence in our airport that we will reciprocate in
terms of efficiency and quality of services offered. This
announcement confirms the positive trend that Malpensa airport had
in 2016 with important results.
The traffic data are positive, with an increase of 3.1% of the
airport system. Milan Malpensa, in particular, there has been an
uninterrupted growth for over 19 consecutive months. December has
the highest percentage increase, for passenger traffic, since the
year of its opening: + 19%, and it is a significant goal. Because
the comparison with the previous year does not include any
movements from Malpensa to Linate determined by Lupi's Decree or a
comparison with the great EXPO 2015 period.
The increase in passenger traffic of Milan Malpensa, among other
things, was significant not only in the historically most valuable
component to the airport, that relating to the intercontinental
traffic, but was determined to an important extent by the low cost
traffic, two components that have proven that they can live
together virtuously, as already happens in many large airports.
"
ENDS
*ACI
research confirms up to 750 'on-site' jobs are sustained at
international airports for every 1m passengers
For further information
please
contact:
Robin
Kiely
John Alborante
Ryanair
DAC
Ryanair DAC
Tel:
+353-1-9451949
Tel: +353-1-9451791
press@ryanair.com
italia@ryanair.com
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: 26
January, 2017
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By:___/s/
Juliusz Komorek____
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Juliusz
Komorek
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Company
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