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  March 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 
MORE
 ROUTE AND FLIGH
T CUTS AT DUBLIN AS 
GOVT 
OWNED 
IAA RAISES FEES
 12%

Ryanair
, Ireland's largest airline
,
 today (16
th
 Mar
 09
)
 announced a 
further 
series of 
route, flight and frequency cuts at Dublin Airport from July, as the impact of the €10 tourist tax
 and other Government price hikes cause
 numbers
 
at Dublin 
to 
decline
 - down 12% in February alone
.  
Ryanair
 confirmed that these 
latest 
cuts were being implemented 
in response to the
 decision 
of
 the Government owned Irish Aviation Authority to increase ATC charges by 12%
 this 
summer
, at 
more than 12 times the rate of 
inflation.

From July 2009 Ryanair will close four routes from Dublin to Basel, Doncaster, Oporto and Teesside, and reduce frequencies on eight more routes from Dublin to Aberdeen, Biarritz, Billund, Bournemouth, Carcassonne, East Midlands, Malaga and Rome (Ciampino). These cuts will result in one additional based aircraft (five in total) being switched from high cost Dublin Airport to a low cost Ryanair European base in July
.

Ryanair
's 
latest 
cuts
 
at 
Dublin
 for summer 2009 
will 
see
:


Announcing these further 
Dublin
 cuts today, Ryanair's Michael O'Leary said:

"This latest 12% increase in Government owned ATC charges at 
Dublin
 
Airport
 
is another
 nail in the coffin of Irish tourism. 
 These increases have been rubber-stamped yet again by
 
Ireland
's 
useless 
Aviation Regulator, Cathal Guiomard
,
 proving again how
 useless
 he is
 and 
that he 
should be sacked. How can 
any regulator 
approve a 12% increase in ATC charges in a year when inflation will be 
negative
?
  This
 is impossible to justify.

"
These IAA increases show
 that this gutless Government has no interest in Irish tourism.
  Over the last three months
 traffic at Dublin Airport has declined by 12%, 
with 500,000 fewer passengers, 
and this collapse will get worse from April when the Government €10 travel tax
 and these IAA increases come
 in.

"These massive Government cost increases prove that this Government 
is devastating
 the tourism industry. Already this year the DAA has increased airport charges, increase
d
 wheelchair charges, is double charging for kiosk installation and now the Government 
and its clueless Regulator 
allows the 
IAA to raise ATC charges by 12%, when inflation is at 0%.

"At a time when Governments and airports all over 
Europe
 are 
reducing
 costs in order to stimulate tourism, the Irish Government is raising costs and introducing taxes which can only damage tourism. Ryanair calls again on the Irish Government to promote tourism
 
by scrapping the travel tax and sacking
 Cathal Guiomard, the
 useless and incompetent 
Aviation R
egulator
.
"

 
CANCELLED
Basel
Doncaster
Oporto
Teesside
 
REDUCTIONS
Aberdeen
Biarritz
Billund
Bournemouth
Carcassonne
East Midlands
 
 


For further information
please contact:
    
    
    
Stephen McNamara
    
    Pauline 
McAlester
    
    
    
    
                         Ryanair Ltd
    
    
              
Murray
 Consultants
    
    
    
    
                         Tel: +353-1-8121212
    
    Tel. +353-1-4980300

 


 

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 March 2009 

 

By:___/s/ James Callaghan____
   
 

James Callaghan
 

Company Secretary & Finance Director