3rd Daily Route from Knock

Ryanair Holdings PLC
13 September 2005


          RYANAIR ANNOUNCES 3rd DAILY ROUTE FROM KNOCK TO LONDON LUTON

Ryanair, Europe's No. 1 low fares airline, today (Tuesday, 13th September 2005)
announced a new daily service from Knock to London Luton that will start on 30th
October 2005. This new route will add to existing daily services to London
Stansted and London Gatwick and will increase the annual number of Ryanair
passengers using Knock airport to 300,000.

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

        'We are delighted to announce this new daily route between Knock and
        London Luton, bringing the total number of Ryanair routes at Knock to 3.
        Tourism in the region will benefit enormously through expansion of the
        existing London catchment area by delivering an increase of over 100,000
        extra Ryanair passengers at Knock airport that will support over 300
        jobs in Mayo.

        'Ryanair was the first airline to offer scheduled services to and from
        Knock airport in 1986. While many others have come and gone Ryanair
        remains Knock's largest airline and the only one with an unbroken record
        of serving the airport for almost 20 years. We look forward to
        continuing to grow Ryanair's presence in Mayo, which has so far
        delivered over 2M passengers at Knock airport'.

Liam Scollan, Managing Director of Knock International Airport said:

        'This new route to London Luton represents another important step in our
        development and firmly establishes Knock International Airport is the
        key driver of economic growth in the BMW region, something that we are
        very proud of. We look forward to the success of this route and to
        further route development in 2006 to capitalize on a record 2005.'

Ends.                         Tuesday, 13th September 2005

For further information:

Peter Sherrard - Ryanair      Pauline McAlester - Murray Consultants
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