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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  March 2016

 
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.

 
 
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in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82- ________



 
                                                   
 
RYANAIR OPENS NEW VILNIUS BASE (NO 82) & LAUNCHES WINTER 2016 SCHEDULE
 
2 AIRCRAFT, $200M INVESTMENT & 2 NEW ROUTES (BERLIN & MALTA)
 
                                                                                                           
Ryanair, Europe's favourite airline, today (15 March) announced it will open a new base at Vilnius Airport (No 82), from 30th October, with 2 aircraft (an investment of $200m), as Ryanair grows its Vilnius traffic by 16%.
 
In addition, Ryanair launched its Lithuanian winter 2016 schedule with 2 new routes to Berlin and Malta and 3 new winter services to Birmingham, London Luton and London Stansted (23 routes in total), which will deliver 1.5m customers p.a. and support over 1,100* "on-site" jobs.
 
Ryanair's Lithuania winter 2016 schedule will deliver:
 
Vilnius
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2 based aircraft ($200m)
 
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2 new routes: Berlin (3 weekly) & Malta (1 weekly)
 
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2 new winter services: Birmingham (2 weekly) & Luton (4 weekly)
 
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More flights to Milan Bergamo (5 weekly)
 
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15 routes in total
 
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46 weekly flights
 
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860,000 customers p.a. (+16%)
 
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645* "on site" jobs p.a.
 
Kaunas
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2 based aircraft
 
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7 routes including Bristol (2 wkly), Copenhagen (daily), Dublin (4 wkly), Shannon (1 wkly), Eilat Ovda (2 wkly) & London Stansted (4 wkly)
 
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More flights to Luton (daily)
 
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27 weekly flights
 
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600,000 c'mers p.a.
 
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450 "on-site" jobs p.a.
 
Palanga
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1 route to London Stansted (2 weekly)
 
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33,000 c'mers p.a.
 
In Vilnius, Ryanair's Chief Commercial Officer, David O'Brien said:
 
"We are pleased to announce our second Lithuanian base at Vilnius (No 82) from 30th October with 2 based aircraft, (an investment of $200m), as we grow our traffic at Vilnius by 16%. Our Lithuanian winter 2016 schedule includes 2 new routes to Berlin and Malta, 3 new winter services to London Luton and London Stansted and 23 international routes in total, which will deliver 1.5 million customers p.a. and support over 1,100 jobs.
 
Our 106m customers can look forward to further improvements, as we continue our "Always Getting Better" programme, which includes more new routes, a new app, new cabin interiors, new crew uniforms and improved inflight menus.
 
To celebrate the launch of our new base and winter 2016 schedule, we are releasing 100,000 seats for sale across our European network from just €19.99, which are available for booking until Friday (18 March). Since these amazing low prices will be snapped up quickly, customers should log onto www.ryanair.com and avoid missing out."
 
ENDS

 
 
New Winter 2016 Routes
 
 
Berlin                                                                                                                                                                            NEW
3 x weekly
Malta                                                                                                                                                                              NEW
1 x weekly
Birmingham                                                                                                                                                                 NEW W16
2 x weekly
London Luton                                                                                                                                                               NEW W16
4 x weekly
London Stansted                                                                                                                                                          NEW W16
2 x weekly
 
* ACI confirms up to 750 'on-site' jobs per 1m passengers
 
For further information
please contact:          Robin Kiely                                Piaras Kelly   
                                     Ryanair Ltd                                Edelman Ireland
                                     Tel: +353-1-9451949              Tel: +353-1-6789333
                                     press@ryanair.com                 ryanair@edelman.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.



 
 
RYANAIR HOLDINGS PLC
 
 
 
Date: 15 March, 2016
 
 
By:___/s/ Juliusz Komorek____
   
 
Juliusz Komorek
 
Company Secretary