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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
2019
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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Vienna, 29th January 2019
Laudamotion announces Ryanair acquires 100%
shareholding
Lauda commits to 24 aircraft in S19 & signs LOI to grow to 30
aircraft in S20
Lauda traffic to grow from 4m in year 1 to 6m in year
2
Laudamotion, Austria's No. 1 low fares airline, today (29 Jan)
confirmed that Ryanair has completed the purchase of 100%
shareholding in Laudamotion GmbH from NL Holdings in late December.
Laudamotion now becomes a 100% subsidiary of Ryanair Holdings Plc,
the Group which owns Europe's largest airline.
With the support of Ryanair Holdings, Laudamotion today announces a
series of exciting growth initiatives, which includes:
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Increasing Lauda's fleet to 25 aircraft in summer
'19 (from 19 in S2018). Lauda today announces that it has signed
LOI agreements with a number of lessors which will increase its
Summer '20 fleet to 30 - all Airbus - aircraft, which will allow
Lauda to grow its traffic from 4m guests in year 1 to 6m guests in
year 2 (FY March 2020) to 7.5m guests in FY March
2021.
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This summer, Laudamotion will operate 4 bases as
it grows in Vienna from 4 to 8 aircraft, Dusseldorf 7 aircraft,
Stuttgart 3 aircraft, and Palma 2 aircraft. In winter 2019, the
Vienna base will increase further to 11 aircraft, making
Laudamotion Vienna's No.2 airline, just behind Austrian Airlines.
Laudamotion is releasing the first part of its winter 2019 flight
schedules today, offering passengers lower fares and more
frequencies, from Vienna in particular. Details of up to 20 new
routes from Vienna, Stuttgart, Dusseldorf, and Palma, will be
announced in the next month or two once airport and handling
negotiations have been successfully
completed.
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Laudamotion today announced details of up to 400
new jobs for pilots, cabin crew, and engineers across its 4 bases.
It also unveiled details of its new Head Office (at Concorde
Business Park), which it will move into in March 2019, and released
details of a 250,000 seat sale with fares starting from
€19.99 one way for travel in Feb, Mar, Apr and May from
Vienna, Stuttgart, and Dusseldorf
bases.
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Speaking in Vienna today, Laudamotion's CEO, Andreas Gruber,
said:
"With the backing of Ryanair, Laudamotion is set to grow strongly
over the next 3 years to carry 10m passengers p.a. We will release
details of up to 20 new routes for winter 2019 once we have
completed our airport and handling negotiations by the end of
March. Our summer '19 program will allow us to carry 6m passengers
in year 2, a growth rate of 50% over the 4m carried in year 1, as
we continue to offer our customers in Vienna, Stuttgart, Dusseldorf
and Palma the lowest air fares on a fleet of young Airbus aircraft
with widespread passenger appeal and great Lauda
service."
Laudamotion's Deputy CEO, Colin Casey, said:
"We are currently negotiating new routes and handling agreements
with more than 50 new airports, all of whom want to share in
Laudamotion's exciting growth plans for the coming years. As other
airlines falter, close bases or put themselves up for sale (as in
the case of Germania recently), we are inundated with applications
from pilots and cabin crew who wish to join Austria's No.1 low
fares airline as we embark on exciting growth plans, not just in
Austria and Germany, but in other new countries as well. In winter
2019 we hope to announce at least one new base, which will be
outside of Austria and Germany, and there are a number of new
airports both in Central & Western Europe who are pitching to
win this business.
At a time when Austrian Airlines are carrying 13.9m passengers, we
have exciting plans to grow to 10m passengers within next 3 years
and become Austria's No. 2."
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: 29
January, 2019
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By:___/s/
Juliusz Komorek____
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Juliusz
Komorek
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Company
Secretary
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