15th Route in Frankfurt-Hahn

Ryanair Holdings PLC
04 December 2002

                         Ryanair adds 15th route to the

                              Frankfurt-Hahn Base



Frankfurt, 04.12.2002: Ryanair, Europe's only low fares carrier, today announced
the 15th route from their base in Frankfurt-Hahn. A new daily service from
Frankfurt-Hahn to Gothenburg in Sweden, which will begin service on February 6th
2003. The announcement comes only weeks after Ryanair revealed plans to base two
further aircraft at Frankfurt-Hahn with four new routes to Rome ( Ciampino),
Bologna ( Forli), Stockholm (Skavsta ) and Girona Barcelona. These new routes
commence service tomorrow.

The fares on the Gothenburg route are however no surprise, starting at Euro
29,99. The fares offer an astounding 96% reduction compared with other carriers
in the market:

Price comparison Frankfurt-Gothenburg

               Lufthansa                               Ryanair                      Saving

         (from Frankfurt-Main)                  (von Frankfurt-Hahn)
               € 697,59*                               € 29,99                       96 %

* Ryanair and Lufthansa's lowest published one way fare in Euro on 02 / 12 /
2002 incl. Taxes and charges.

Ryanair is building on the huge success of its route network from
Frankfurt-Hahn. Almost 1 million passengers have already travelled on our most
established German route Frankfurt-London since Ryanair's market entry in April
1999. With capacity increasing from tomorrow from 4 times to 6 times daily on
this route, Ryanair expects to gain over 20% of the total market share on this
route. From tomorrow, Ryanair will serve a total of 14 destinations, with 22
departures daily to 5 European countries from Frankfurt-Hahn. This will increase
to 15 destinations in 6 countries from February. Ryanair today disclosed the
phenomenal success of its Hahn route network with average load factors well in
excess of 80% for November.

Commenting on the new route announcement today in Frankfurt, Ryanair CEO Michael
O'Leary said:

'We are delighted to be able to announce a 15th route from Frankfurt-Hahn. We
expect the route to Gothenburg to be particularly successful - we already fly
over 50% of all passengers between London and Gothenburg, beating the Star
Alliance's SAS hands down. The fares on routes between Germany and Scandinavia
are particularly exorbitant as the Star Alliance simply carves up the market
between itself. Those days are over! With two routes already from Frankfurt to
Scandinavia Ryanair will quickly gain market share, bringing amazing low fare
opportunities for the first time ever to this market

Ryanair continues to deliver consistent growth and ever lower fares in Europe.
Ryanair is currently in negotiations with over 40 European airports for growth
next year; among them are 8 German airports. We expect substantial growth in the
German market next year based on our success to date, and look forward to
bringing even more low fares to the German consumer.'


Timetables

All times local
Effective Thursday, 06 Feb 2003

Frankfurt Hahn to Gothenburg City
FR 9831    0630-0820                            1   2   3   4   5   6   7

Gothenburg City to Frankfurt Hahn
FR 9832    O845-1030                            1   2   3   4   5   6   7



ENDS                    WEDNESDAY 4TH DECEMBER 2002



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