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 August 2025
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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RYANAIR TO
OPEN NEW TIRANA BASE FOR SUMMER 2026
3 BASED AIRCRAFT, 10 NEW ROUTES (33 TOT.) AS TRAFFIC GROWS TO 4.0M
P.A.
Ryanair,
Albania's fastest-growing airline today (Thurs, 14 Aug) announced
it would open a new - 3 aircraft - base at Tirana Airport from
April 2026, basing 3 new B737-800 aircraft - a $300m invest. -
supporting over 3,000 jobs, incl. 100 new high-paid jobs for pilots
and cabin crew.
Ryanair's new Tirana base will expand its market
share in Albania, with over 450 weekly flights on 33 routes for
S26, including 10 exciting new routes to Birmingham, Dublin, Milan,
Malta, Naples, Pescara, Poznan, Trieste, Turin, and Verona, as well
as increased frequencies on 9 existing routes such as Bari,
London, Prague, Stockholm, and
Warsaw.
Ryanair's new Tirana S26 base will deliver:
● 3 based a/c - $300M invest.
● 10 new routes to Birmingham, Dublin, Milan, Malta,
Naples, Pescara, Poznan, Trieste, Turin, and
Verona
● 33 total routes across 13
countries
● Traffic grows to 4m pax p.a.
● Supp. over 3,000 jobs in
Albania
Over
the next 5 years, Ryanair will continue to invest in Albania, incl.
up to 6 based aircraft ($600m invest.), growing to over 5m
passengers p.a., opening over 20 new routes, supporting over 4,000
jobs by 2030, provided always that Albania maintains its policy of
low access costs and zero aviation taxes to continue stimulating
traffic and tourism growth while increasing investment, and
jobs.
To
celebrate this new S26 - 3 aircraft - Tirana base, Ryanair has
announced a 3-day seat sale, with fares starting from just
€24,99 for travel in Oct/Nov, available exclusively at
ryanair.com.
Ryanair's CEO Michael O'Leary said:
"As
Albania's only truly low fares airline, Ryanair is pleased to
announce this new S26 -
3 aircraft - Tirana base. Since launching
our first Albania flights in Nov 2023, Ryanair has worked
closely with
our partners in Tirana Airport to deliver ambitious growth, which
will now see Ryanair's traffic grow to over 4m passengers in 2026,
with 3 new B737-800 aircraft ($300m invest.) based at Tirana,
supporting over 3,000 local jobs, and operating
33 routes, incl. 10 new routes to Birmingham, Dublin, Milan, Malta,
Naples, Pescara, Poznan, Trieste, Turin and
Verona.
Ryanair's continued growth at Tirana, offers Albania a massive
opportunity to grow its air traffic, tourism & jobs as Ryanair
plans to grow to 5m passengers p.a. and base up to 6 a/c at Tirana
in a $600m investment which adds over 20 new routes by 2030,
provided of course that Albania maintains its current low access
costs and zero aviation taxes which stimulates rapid growth in
traffic, tourism, investment, and jobs."
Tirana Airport's Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Piervittorio Farabbi
said:
"Upon starting the operations in Albania back in November 2023, the
Ryanair team came with a slogan of 'Low Fares Revolution' in
Albania. Today, we mark a pivotal moment in this revolution
announcing the opening of a base in Tirana. Starting next summer
season, there will be much more opportunities to explore the world
from Tirana and to expose touristic Albania to more
countries.
Such decision from a partner airline, can only come as a result of
a bold commitment on our side to offer operational excellence. We
have heavily invested to expand operational capacities both
landside and airside with an extended runway, additional parking
stands, renovated apron and taxiways and expanded terminal tripled
in size. Passenger processing needs to be fast and reliable; that's
why we invested in advanced digitalization in check in, boarding
and passport control. We are proud to be among the fastest airports
that are transformed from operations to a base within only 30
months."
ENDS
For further information
please contact:
Ryanair Press Office
Tel: +353-1-9451799
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.
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RYANAIR
HOLDINGS PLC
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Date: 14
August, 2025
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By:___/s/
Juliusz Komorek____
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Juliusz
Komorek
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Company
Secretary
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