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 APRIL 2005 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 EXPANDS TO 27 ROUTES FROM FRANKFURT HAHN 4 NEW ROUTES TO PORTUGAL - POLAND - SLOVAKIA Ryanair, Europe's No. 1 low fares airline, today (Tuesday, 19th April 2005) announced a major expansion at its Frankfurt Hahn base with 4 new European routes to Bratislava (Slovakia), Porto (Portugal), Gdansk and Rzeszow (Poland). Announcing the new routes, Sean Coyle Director of Scheduled Revenue said: "We opened our 1st German base in Frankfurt Hahn in February 2002 and today we are increasing this base with new routes to Gdansk and Rzeszow in Poland, Oporto in Portugal and for the first ever time to Bratislava in Slovakia. Ryanair will carry in excess of 3M passengers through Frankfurt Hahn in 2005 - saving EUR300M over the high fares charged by Lufthansa. "These fantastic new destinations are on sale right now at www.ryanair.com from EUR2.99*. We would urge passengers wishing to grab a bargain to these great new destinations to book now, as demand will be huge!" * One Way Ex Taxes FRANKFURT HAHN TO: FARE (from) FREQUENCY START DATE OPORTO EUR2.99 DAILY 30th Oct 05 BRATISLAVA EUR2.99 DAILY 30th Oct 05 GDANSK EUR2.99 4 x Weekly 30th Oct 05 RZESZOW EUR2.99 3 x Weekly 1st Nov 05 Ends. Tuesday, 19th April 2005 For further information: Peter Sherrard - Ryanair Pauline McAlester - Murray Consultants Tel: 00 353 1 812 1228 Tel: 00 353 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: 19 APRIL 2005 By:___/s/ Howard Millar____ H Millar Company Secretary & Finance Director