17th Route from Shannon

Ryanair Holdings PLC
13 September 2005



              RYANAIR ANNOUNCES 17th ROUTE FROM SHANNON TO MALAGA

Ryanair, Europe's No. 1 low fares airline, today (Tuesday, 13th September 2005)
announced a new route from its Shannon base to Malaga that will start twice
weekly from 2nd November 2005 and will generate an additional 20,000 passengers
per annum for Shannon airport.

Announcing this further expansion at Shannon Airport today, Ryanair's CEO
Michael O'Leary, said:

        'Today's new route to Malaga means year round low fare access to the
        south of Spain for the people of the mid-west and brings the total
        number of destinations served by Ryanair at Shannon to 17, following the
        recent addition of Bristol and Nantes.

        'The partnership between Shannon Airport Authority and Ryanair, based on
        low fares and rapid traffic growth has been an outstanding success and
        has been a major driver of business and tourism in the West of Ireland.
        'To celebrate we are offering 2,000 FREE* seats on our Shannon - Malaga
        route available today on www.ryanair.com. This route will prove very
        popular and passengers are advised to book their seats immediately as
        demand will be very strong.'

In welcoming the Ryanair announcement, Martin Moroney, Director of Shannon
International Airport, said:

        'We are delighted that Ryanair is announcing further growth at Shannon
        just two months after their previous route announcements. The low cost
        model has delivered record growth for Shannon airport and secured
        Shannon's strategic position as the international gateway of choice for
        low fare access to the West of Ireland'.

* excluding taxes and charges

Note to Editors:

Ryanair's New Shannon - Malaga Flights will commence on 2nd November 2005 -
operating twice weekly (Wednesday's and Saturday's).

Ends.                         Tuesday, 13th September 2005

For further information:

Peter Sherrard - Ryanair      Pauline McAlester - Murray Consultants
Tel: [phone]         Tel: [phone]



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