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 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'S OSLO RYGGE BASE OPENS TODAY


 
3 AIRCRAFT, 27 ROUTES & 1.7m PAX P.A.
 
Ryanair, the world's favourite airline, today (30th Mar 10) opened its 37th base at Oslo Rygge with three aircraft and 27 routes which will increase Ryanair's traffic at Oslo Rygge to 1.7m passengers p.a. and sustain up to 1,700 jobs at Oslo Rygge Airport.
 
Ryanair celebrated its first base in Norway and 27 routes by releasing 1m 66 NOK seats for travel across its European network in late April and May which are available for booking on
www.ryanair.com
until midnight (24:00hrs) Thursday (1 Apr).
 
In Oslo Rygge today, Ryanair's Erik Elmsater said:
 
"Ryanair is delighted to open its first Norwegian base at Oslo Rygge Airport which offers passengers 27 routes in a total investment worth over $200m.  Ryanair's Oslo Rygge base will deliver 1.7million passengers p.a. and sustain 1,700 local jobs.
 
"To celebrate the opening of our Oslo Rygge base we are releasing 1m 66 NOK seats for travel in late April and May on over 500 Ryanair routes throughout Europe."
 
Ryanair's 27 Oslo Rygge routes
 
Aarhus
Madrid
Alicante
Malaga
Barcelona
Milan
Berlin
Munich West
Brussels
Newcastle
Dublin
Palma
Dusseldorf (Wze)
Paris
Eindhoven
Riga
Faro
Stockholm
Gdansk
Valencia
Kaunas
Venice
Krakow
Wroclaw
La Rochelle
Zadar
London

 
 
 
Pål F. Tandberg, CEO Rygge International Airport, said
:
 
 
"Oslo Rygge is pleased to see the commencement of Ryanair's based operations with 27 Ryanair destinations, offering Oslo leisure
travellers
a wide choice of destinations across many European countries. By delivering new routes to the airport this summer Ryanair is also supporting Oslo Rygge's important role as an  international gateway airport and securing over 1,700 new jobs in the region".
 
 
Ends.                                                    Tuesday, 30th March 2010
 
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:  30 March 2010
 

 

By:___/s/ Juliusz Komorek____
   
 

Juliusz Komorek
 

Company Secretary