Barcelona Expansion

Ryanair Holdings PLC
28 September 2006



    RYANAIR INVESTS $280M IN ITS BIGGEST EVER EXPANSION FROM BARCELONA

                4 NEW AIRCRAFT AND 17 NEW ROUTES FROM MARCH 2007

Ryanair, Europe's largest low fares airline today (Thursday, 28th September
2006) announced its biggest ever expansion from Barcelona Girona. From March
2007, Ryanair will invest $280M in 4 new Boeing 737-800 aircraft and 17 new
routes that will deliver 1M additional passengers p.a. This expansion brings to
40 the number of Ryanair routes from Barcelona.

Destination                 Frequency             Start date
Altenburg                   3 x wk                1 Mar
Brescia                     3 x wk                9 Mar
Fuerteventura               3 x wk                8 Mar
Gothenburg                  3 x wk                27 Mar
Marrakech                   3 x wk                27 Mar
Pescara                     3 x wk                27 Mar
Teesside                    3 x wk                12 Feb
Trapani                     3 x wk                27 Mar
Aarhus                      4 x wk                25 Mar
Bologna                     4 x wk                9 Mar
Bristol                     4 x wk                25 Mar
Faro                        4 x wk                2 Mar
Malmo                       4 x wk                25 Mar
Newcastle                   4 x wk                25 Mar
Oslo                        4 x wk                25 Mar
Tenerife                    4 x wk                9 Mar
Porto                       1 x daily             2 Mar


Announcing this expansion in Barcelona, Michael Cawley, Ryanair's Deputy CEO
said:

        'Ryanair's Barcelona base has performed very strongly this summer and
        has firmly established itself as an important driver of both tourism and
        business in the region. Today's 17 new route announcements will allow
        Catalan passengers to enjoy the lowest fares and best punctuality to
        even more destinations. Ryanair now connects Barcelona to 40
        destinations, delivering 4M passengers p.a. and sustaining 4,000 Catalan
        jobs.

        'As part of this expansion, Ryanair will also add a 3rd daily flight on
        its routes to Paris, Milan and Rome which will increase to 1M passengers
        per annum the number of passengers travelling from Barcelona with
        Ryanair to these cities alone.

        'Ryanair's 17 new routes will significantly expand the Catalan region's
        catchment area and our low fares and no fuel surcharge guarantee will
        deliver millions of additional visitors who were previously put off
        coming to the region by the prohibitively high fares charged by Iberia.

        'These new routes are available for booking today from just €10 on
        www.ryanair.com and we advise passengers to book early as demand will be
        very strong'.

Mr. Manel Nadal, Secretary General for Transport of the Catalan region said:

        'Ryanair's decision to add 4 aircraft and 17 routes to its base in
        Girona is great news and will act as a powerful catalyst to drive
        tourism and business in the whole area of influence covered by Girona
        airport'.


Ends.                                    Thursday, 28th September 2006

For further information:

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






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