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 February, 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)
 
 
 
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 40th BASE AT KAUNAS (Lithuania)

 

18 routes & UP TO 1M paX P.A. AT RYANAIR'S FIRST CENTRAL EUROPEAN BASE
 

Ryanair, the world's favourite airline, today (9th Feb 10) announced it would open its 40th (and first Central European) base at Kaunas (Lithuania's second largest city) in May with 2 based aircraft and 18 routes (9 new).  Ryanair's new base will deliver up to 1m passengers p.a. and sustain 1,000 jobs at Kaunas with over 120 weekly flights as Ryanair invests over $140 million at Kaunas Airport.
 
Ryanair also confirmed that it is in continuous negotiation with four other Central European airports to open bases and give consumers a choice and much lower fares than the high fares being charged by Air Baltic, WizzAir and other Central European airlines.
 
Ryanair celebrated its new Kaunas base by releasing 1 million €5 seats for travel on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays on over 500 routes across its European network, in March.  These €5 seats are available for booking onwww.ryanair.comuntil midnight Thursday (11th Feb).

 

In Kaunas today, Ryanair's Michael O'Leary said:
 

"Ryanair is delighted to announce Kaunas as our 40th base with 18 routes from May 2010 which go on sale onwww.ryanair.comtomorrow. Lithuanian consumers/visitors can beat the recession and escape Air Baltic's high fares by choosing Ryanair's lowest fares and our no fuel surcharge guarantee to 18 exciting destinations all over Europe including Germany, Italy and Spain among others.  Ryanair's 1m passengers p.a. will sustain up to 1,000 jobs at Kaunas Airport".


Ryanair's Kaunas routes from May 2010

 

New

Existing

Barcelona

Birmingham

Berlin

Bremen

Dusseldorf

Bristol

Edinburgh

Brussels

London (Gat)

Dublin

Milan

Frankfurt

Oslo

Liverpool

Paris

London (Lut)

Tampere

London (Stan)



  
 

Ends.                                                         Tuesday, 9th February 2010


For further information:
Stephen McNamara – Ryanair               Pauline McAlester - Murray Consultants
Tel: 00 353 1 812 1271                            Tel: 00 353 1 4980 300

 

 

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:  9 February, 2010 

 

By:___/s/ Juliusz Komorek____
   
 

Juliusz Komorek
 

Company Secretary