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 ANNOUCES AGREEMENT FOR A NEW BASE
                               AT LUEBECK AIRPORT

          4 AIRCRAFT, 10 ROUTES AND 2M PASSENGERS PER ANNUM FOR LUEBECK

Ryanair,  Europe's No. 1 low fares airline,  today  (Thursday,  14th April 2005)
announced  it has  reached  agreement  with  Infratil  to  base  up to 4 new 737
aircraft and deliver up to 2 million  passengers  per annum to Luebeck  airport.
This agreement is subject to the successful completion of a conditional purchase
agreement  between  Infratil  and the City of Luebeck  announced  on (14) April.
Settlement of the transaction is expected to occur a few months' time

Infratil is an international  airport and  infrastructure  investor,  which owns
Wellington  International  Airport and Glasgow Prestwick Airport.  The agreement
builds on the  success of  Ryanair's  base at Glasgow  Prestwick  Airport  where
Ryanair has 5 based aircraft and in the current year the airline will operate 17
international routes and carry 2.4 million passengers.

Ryanair would operate a network of low fare scheduled  international routes from
Luebeck to the UK and Europe and would deliver 2 million passengers in the first
year of this base.  Ryanair  will invest over $250M in 4 new B737  aircraft  and
create over 200 new jobs in Luebeck.  The massive increase in passenger  traffic
would boost  Hamburg  Luebeck to the top ten  international  airports in Germany
(nudging  Leipzig/Halle  off the  number 10 spot with  2,026,550  passengers  in
2004).

According to ACI figures,  these 2 million  passengers  will generate  2,000 new
jobs in the Luebeck  region,  with the first 200 of these being  direct  Ryanair
employees (pilots, cabin crew, engineers, etc).

Commenting on the deal today, Ryanair's COO and Deputy CEO Michael Cawley said:

       "Our agreement with Infratil to base aircraft and deliver substantial
        passenger volumes to Luebeck Airport demonstrates the success of the low
        fares model of using low cost secondary airports. This new base would
        revolutionise the future growth of Luebeck Airport and represents an
        investment of $250 million by Ryanair in Luebeck. This new base would
        make Luebeck Airport the low cost gateway to Luebeck and the entire
        region of Northern Germany and would promote tourism access to the
        region for UK and European visitors. The new base would also mean that
        passengers using Luebeck Airport would enjoy even more of Germany's
        lowest ever air fares with Germany's cheapest airline. Ryanair looks
        forwarded to working with Infratil to realize this ambition and
        revolutionise air traffic at Luebeck airport".


Ends:                    Thursday, 14th April 2005


For further information:

Caroline Baldwin - Ryanair            Pauline McAlester - Murray Consultants
Tel:0044 7979 59364                   Tel: 00 353 1 4980 300


                              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:  14 April 2005 

                                    By:___/s/ Howard Millar____

                                    H Millar
                                    Company Secretary & Finance Director