8th NEW ROUTE - MALTA VENICE

Ryanair Holdings PLC
19 September 2007


                          8th NEW ROUTE - MALTA VENICE

           MALTA NEEDS MORE LOW FARE ROUTES TO UNLOCK FULL POTENTIAL


Ryanair, Europe's largest low fares airline today (Wednesday, 19th September
2007) announced a new route from Malta to Venice Treviso, its 8th new route
since bringing low fares to Malta in October last year. Since then Ryanair has
delivered on its commitment to growth, generating a 12% increase in passengers
flying to / from Malta this summer. With the addition of today's route, Ryanair
will deliver 300,000 passengers to / from Malta over the next 12 months,
generating a visitor spend of €63m and supporting 300 local jobs.

Welcoming today's new route, Ryanair's Deputy CEO, Michael Cawley said:

       'Ryanair low fares have generated unprecedented growth for Malta and
       demonstrated that while others talk, we deliver. However, this growth is
       just touching the surface of what could be achieved by opening many more
       low fare routes. We hope the Maltese Government will now take the
       initiative and unlock the island's true tourism potential by supporting
       the rapid development of low fare routes for the benefit of the island,
       people and economy of Malta'.


ENDS                         Wednesday, 19th September 2007

For further information:

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


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