200,000 advance bookings

Ryanair Holdings PLC
02 March 2005



          RYANAIR ANNOUNCE RECORD 200,000 ADVANCE BOOKINGS AT SHANNON
                     10,000 FREE* SEATS TO UK TO CELEBRATE

Ryanair, Europe's No.1 low fares airline today (Wednesday, 2nd March 2005)
announced record advance bookings at its new Shannon base, which starts on 3rd
May 2005. In just 3 months since the 9 new routes were announced, over 200,000
bookings have been recorded on the Shannon routes. In the first year of
operations, Ryanair expect to carry over 1.5 million passengers through its new
base at Shannon Airport.

Speaking in Shannon today, Ryanair's CEO, Michael O'Leary said:

        'Over ONE MILLION European visitors will travel this year to Shannon and
        the Mid West of Ireland sustaining 1,500 jobs in the tourism industry
        thanks to Ryanair's low fares and Shannon airport's low costs.

        'To celebrate these record bookings we are offering 10,000 free* seats
        on our Shannon routes to the UK: Glasgow, Liverpool, Nottingham and
        London (Luton, Gatwick and Stansted) and 10,000 seats from only €9.99*
        on our Shannon/Europe routes (Stockholm, Hamburg, Dusseldorf, Brussels,
        Paris, Milan and Barcelona). We would urge passengers to book early at
        www.ryanair.com as seats this cheap will be snapped up quickly'.

Booking Period        Wed 2nd March - midnight Sun 6th March 2005
Travel Period         3rd May 2005 - 30thJune 2005
Applicable days       Mon - Thurs
Blackout Periods      26/05/05 - 30/05/05 & 02/06/05 - 06/06/05
*One way exclusive of airport taxes and charges

Ends.                         Wednesday, 2nd March 2005

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




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