5 NEW ROUTES FROM EDINBURGH

Ryanair Holdings PLC
18 December 2007



                  RYANAIR LAUNCHES 5 NEW ROUTES FROM EDINBURGH

            BIGGEST EVER EUROPEAN EXPANSION - 50 NEW ROUTES FOR 2008


Ryanair, Europe's largest low fares airline today (Tuesday, 18th December 2007)
announced 5 new routes from Edinburgh to Alicante, Bremen, Frankfurt, Marseille
and Pisa, starting from March 2008. Next year Ryanair's 7 routes to/from
Edinburgh will deliver 600,000 passengers who will generate a visitor spend of
£50m and sustain 600 jobs in Edinburgh and East Scotland.

Today's new routes are part of Ryanair's largest ever new route expansion, which
sees 50 new European routes in 2008, including 3 new airports, Angouleme
(France), Arad and Constanta (Romania). This brings Ryanair's network to over
600 routes for Summer 2008. As part of this expansion, Edinburgh, Birmingham,
Liverpool, London, Manchester and Newquay will all benefit from new route
launches in March.

Announcing Ryanair's five new routes from Edinburgh, CEO Michael O'Leary, said:

        'Ryanair connects Scotland to more international destinations than any
        other airline and we are delighted to add to this by offering
        Edinburgh's passengers 5 new routes to France, Germany, Italy and Spain.
        Next year 600,000 passengers will enjoy Ryanair's guaranteed lowest
        fares from Edinburgh, making savings of over £9m compared to Easyjet's
        high fares.

        'To celebrate the roll out of Ryanair's largest ever European expansion
        we are releasing 2 million seats across our 605 European routes for just
        £10/ €10. This offer must end at midnight Thursday, so we advise
        passengers to go straight to www.ryanair.com because these bargains will
        be snapped up in record time'.

        Ends.                                 Tuesday, 18th December 2007

Peter Sherrard - Ryanair     Pauline McAlester - Murray Consultants

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