27th Base in Edinburgh

Ryanair Holdings PLC
28 February 2008



               RYANAIR ANNOUNCES 27th EUROPEAN BASE IN EDINBURGH

                   2 AIRCRAFT ($140M), 19 ROUTES & 1,200 JOBS



Ryanair, Europe's largest low fares airline today (Thursday, 28th February 2008)
announced its 27th European and second Scottish base in Edinburgh. From
September, Ryanair will base two new Boeing 737-800 aircraft (worth $140m) which
will serve 19 routes to/from Edinburgh. These new routes will deliver 1.2m
passengers p.a. who will generate an annual visitor spend of over £100m and
sustain 1,200 jobs in Edinburgh and East Scotland.

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|             |           |           |   |             |           |           |
| Destination | Starts    | Frequency |   | Destination | Starts    | Frequency |
+-------------+-----------+-----------+---+-------------+-----------+-----------+
| Alicante    | Mar 08    | 4 x week  |   | Lodz        | Sep 08    | 2 x week  |
+-------------+-----------+-----------+---+-------------+-----------+-----------+
| Berlin      | Sep 08    | 4 x week  |   | Malaga      | Sep 08    | 4 x week  |
+-------------+-----------+-----------+---+-------------+-----------+-----------+
| Billund     | Sep 08    | 3 x week  |   | Marseille   | Apr 08    | 2 x week  |
+-------------+-----------+-----------+---+-------------+-----------+-----------+
| Bournemouth | Sep 08    | 13 x week |   | Palma       | Sep 08    | 3 x week  |
+-------------+-----------+-----------+---+-------------+-----------+-----------+
| Bremen      | Apr 08    | 2 x week  |   | Pisa        | Apr 08    | 3 x week  |
+-------------+-----------+-----------+---+-------------+-----------+-----------+
| Bratislava  | Sep 08    | 4 x week  |   | Poznan      | Sep 08    | 3 x week  |
+-------------+-----------+-----------+---+-------------+-----------+-----------+
| Dublin      | Operating | 3 x day   |   | Shannon     | Operating | 4 x week  |
+-------------+-----------+-----------+---+-------------+-----------+-----------+
| Dusseldorf  | Jun 08    | 2 x week  |   | Stockholm   | Sep 08    | 4 x week  |
+-------------+-----------+-----------+---+-------------+-----------+-----------+
| Frankfurt   | Apr 08    | 3 x week  |   | Wroclaw     | Sep 08    | 2 x week  |
+-------------+-----------+-----------+---+------+------+-----------+-----------+
| Krakow      | Sep 08    | 3 x week  |   |      |      |                       |
+-------------+-----------+-----------+---+------+------+-----------------------+

Announcing this new Edinburgh base, Ryanair's Director of Scheduled Revenue,
Sean Coyle said:

        'Edinburgh Airport has competed successfully against airports across
        Europe for Ryanair's 27th base. Our 19 routes will deliver significant
        economic benefits for Edinburgh by capitalising on Scotland's huge
        tourism potential and making it cheaper and easier than ever before to
        get here.

        'Ryanair already connects Scotland to more international destinations
        than any other airline and we look forward to delivering savings of over
        £20m for Edinburgh's passengers compared to the high fares charged by
        Easyjet and BA.

        'To celebrate the launch of our new Edinburgh base, we are releasing
        seats on all of our new routes for £10 including taxes and charges,
        while our existing routes to Dublin and Shannon will be available for
        just 1p all in. We advise passengers to snap up these bargain flights
        today on www.ryanair.com, as this offer must end midnight Monday'.

        Ends.                                 Thursday, 28th February 2008


For information:                                     

Peter Sherrard - Ryanair     Pauline McAlester / Robert Marshall - Murray Consultants
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