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Photo: “Robin Kiely launching Ryanair’s Facebook page and ’30 Names 30 Planes’ competition’.

Facebook follows the launch of Ryanair’s Twitter account, which has over 160,000 followers, its YouTube channel (with over 6m video views), Instagram and LinkedIn accounts, and its new blog, ‘Into The Blue’, with further platforms set to follow, as part of the “Always Getting Better” improvement programme.

To celebrate its new Facebook account and 30^th birthday, Ryanair has launched a ‘30 Names 30 Planes’ competition, offering 30 fans the chance to have their name and face pictured on one of 30 Ryanair aircraft. Entry is through the Ryanair Facebook page, where fans can upload their photo and download a CGI video of their own Ryanair aircraft bearing their name and face, and the 30 lucky winners will be announced in September.

And to mark its 30^th birthday, Ryanair has also released 1 million seats across Europe priced at €19.85 for travel between September and the end of January. These special birthday seats are available for booking on the Ryanair.com website until 24.00hrs on Sunday, 12^th July.

Ryanair’s Head of Communications, Robin Kiely said:

“Ryanair is pleased to launch our first official Facebook account on the very day we celebrate the 30^th anniversary of our first flight, as we continue to grow our social media presence. We are already the fastest responding airline on Twitter in Europe, while our YouTube videos have been viewed over 6m times, and we are growing strongly on Instagram, with further social developments to come.

To celebrate the launch of our Facebook account, we’re giving away a prize that money can’t buy, where 30 lucky fans will have a Ryanair plane named after them. Our ‘30 Names 30 Planes’ competition offers Facebook fans the chance to have their face and name pictured on one of 30 Ryanair aircraft and all those who enter will receive a free video of their own personalised Ryanair plane to share on their social accounts. Entry is open now via https://www.Facebook.com/pages/Ryanair/612861008745063?sk=timeline and the 30 winners will be announced in September.”