14th European Base announced

Ryanair Holdings PLC
20 July 2005


           RYANAIR ANNOUNCES PISA AS ITS 14th EUROPEAN BASE
        AND ADDS 3 NEW ROUTES TO DUBLIN, EINDHOVEN AND ALGHERO
                 20,000 SEATS FOR ONLY €1* FROM PISA

Ryanair, Europe's No. 1 low fares airline today (Wednesday, 20th July 2005)
named Pisa as its 14th European base and announced 3 new routes to Dublin,
Eindhoven and Alghero bringing the total number of Ryanair routes from Pisa to
10.

Michael O'Leary, CEO of Ryanair today in Pisa, said:

        'Ryanair is delighted to announce Pisa as its 14th European base. Pisa
        will now benefit from 2 brand new Boeing 737-800 Ryanair aircraft at a
        cost of $120M and 3 new routes that will deliver 1.2M passengers in the
        first full year of operation.

        'In 1998, we launched our first Italian route to Pisa and since then
        demand for Ryanair's low fares in Italy has been phenomenal. Today
        Ryanair operates 67 routes to/from Italy and will this year bring more
        European visitors to Italy than any other airline, including Alitalia.
        'In the last 7 years Ryanair has carried nearly 4M passengers through
        Pisa and today's new route announcement firmly establishes Pisa as the
        main international and low fare airport for the Tuscany and Umbria
        regions.

        'To celebrate, 20,000 seats for only €1*will be available on Ryanair's
        routes from Pisa and we urge all passengers to book straight away as
        demand for fares this low will be huge'.

                        RYANAIR ROUTES FROM PISA BASE

              ALGHERO                      DAILY (12th Jan)
              BARCELONA                    DAILY
              BRUSSELS                     DAILY
              DUBLIN                       DAILY (10th Oct)
              EINDHOVEN                    DAILY (12th Jan)
              FRANKFURT                    DAILY
              GLASGOW                      DAILY
              HAMBURG                      DAILY
              LIVERPOOL                    DAILY
              LONDON                       3 DAILY

*excluding taxes and charges


Ends.                            Wednesday, 20th July 2005



For further information:

Peter Sherrard - Ryanair         Pauline McAlester - Murray Consultants
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