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Ryanair Holdings PLC

20 May 2010

 



RYANAIR ANNOUNCES €25M MAINTENANCE AND CREW TRAINING FACILITY IN FRANKFURT HAHN AIRPORT

RYANAIR TO CREATE UP TO 200 NEW JOBS IN FRANKFURT HAHN AIRPORT

Ryanair, the world's favourite airline, today (Thursday, 20^th May 2010) announced that it will build a new maintenance hangar, flight simulator and cabin crew training facility at Frankfurt Hahn Airport at a cost of approx €25m which will create up to 200 new jobs.  Details of the facility, which will be fully operational by December 2010, were revealed in Mainz by Minister of State for Economics & Transport Mr Hendrik Hering and Ryanair's CEO Michael O'Leary.

The Rhineland-Palatinate Government and Frankfurt Hahn Airport secured this 7,000 sq/m hangar investment following an extended (and intense) competition with three other airports in Europe.  This new €25m facility can accommodate up to two 737-800 aircraft side by side, and it will maintain a large portion of Ryanair's 240 aircraft fleet while the training centre will house up to 16 classrooms, two pilot training flight simulators, a full size aircraft fuselage and 70 bedrooms to facilitate training courses for new and existing Ryanair crews from August.  Ryanair's 54 routes to/from its Frankfurt Hahn base delivers 4m passengers p.a. which sustain 4,000 local jobs, including those of over 400 Ryanair cabin crew, pilots and engineers at Frankfurt Hahn Airport.

Wrapping up a great day for Germany, Ryanair celebrated its inaugural flights from Frankfurt Hahn to Greece with two on time departures at 7:30am to Kos and 12:40pm to Volos today.

Speaking at the Ministerium in Mainz, Michael O'Leary said:

"Ryanair wishes to thank Minister Hering, the Rhineland-Palatinate Government and Frankfurt Hahn Airport for their help and support in winning this new €25m hangar and training facility, which will deliver up to 200 new Ryanair jobs in Frankfurt Hahn, following an intense competition with three other European airports.  This new investment and these new jobs further strengthens Ryanair's presence in Frankfurt Hahn and in Germany".

Welcoming Ryanair's new investment and jobs Minister Hendrik Hering said:

"I am delighted that Ryanair is strengthening its operations in Frankfurt Hahn and this announcement demonstrates that Hahn has the quality infrastructure and skilled workforce to secure this major project, having fought-off competition from a number of other European airports.

"Ryanair makes a substantial contribution to Germany's economy through encouraging tourism and business traffic at Frankfurt Hahn and the other seven German airports Ryanair operates from".

Jörg Schumacher, CEO Frankfurt Hahn Airport, said:

"Ryanair's decision to invest further in Frankfurt-Hahn is a great sign of trust and confidence and proves that Frankfurt-Hahn Airport has provided an excellent location for Ryanair over the past years".

Ends.                                                    Thursday, 20^th May 2010

Stephen McNamara- Ryanair               Pauline McAlester - Murray Consultants

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