Birmingham Becomes 25th Base

Ryanair Holdings PLC
15 January 2008



                     BIRMINGHAM BECOMES RYANAIR'S 25th BASE

             $700M INVESTMENT TO DELIVER 5M PAX P.A. AND 5,000 JOBS


Ryanair, Europe's largest low fares airline today (Tuesday, 15th January 2008)
announced its 25th European base in Birmingham with an initial two Boeing
737-800 aircraft ($140m investment) which will deliver 20 new routes from
Birmingham to Denmark (1), France (5), Italy (5), Norway (1), Poland (3),
Portugal (1), Slovakia (1), Spain (2) and Sweden (1). This will be followed by a
further 8 Boeing 737-800 aircraft ($560m investment) which will deliver 5
million passengers annually, a visitor spend of £400m p.a. and sustain 5,000
jobs in the West Midlands.

+----------------------------+---------------------------+-------------+
| DESTINATION                | STARTS                    | FARE        |
+----------------------------+---------------------------+-------------+
| Barcelona                  | 1 April                   | £24         |
+----------------------------+---------------------------+-------------+
| Biarritz                   | 1 July                    | £24         |
+----------------------------+---------------------------+-------------+
| Billund                    | 17 June                   | £24         |
+----------------------------+---------------------------+-------------+
| Bologna                    | 20 June                   | £24         |
+----------------------------+---------------------------+-------------+
| Bratislava                 | 1 July                    | £24         |
+----------------------------+---------------------------+-------------+
| Bydgoszcz                  | 4 July                    | £24         |
+----------------------------+---------------------------+-------------+
| Dinard                     | 17 June                   | £24         |
+----------------------------+---------------------------+-------------+
| Dublin                     | Operating                 | £10         |
+----------------------------+---------------------------+-------------+
| Gdansk                     | 1 July                    | £24         |
+----------------------------+---------------------------+-------------+
| Marseille                  | 1 May                     | £24         |
+----------------------------+---------------------------+-------------+
| Olbia                      | 4 July                    | £24         |
+----------------------------+---------------------------+-------------+
| Oslo                       | 17 June                   | £24         |
+----------------------------+---------------------------+-------------+
| Perpignan                  | 2 July                    | £24         |
+----------------------------+---------------------------+-------------+
| Pisa                       | 4 April                   | £24         |
+----------------------------+---------------------------+-------------+
| Poitiers                   | 17 June                   | £24         |
+----------------------------+---------------------------+-------------+
| Porto                      | 20 June                   | £24         |
+----------------------------+---------------------------+-------------+
| Shannon                    | Operating                 | £ 5         |
+----------------------------+---------------------------+-------------+
| Stockholm                  | 2 July                    | £24         |
+----------------------------+---------------------------+-------------+
| Trieste                    | 18 June                   | £24         |
+----------------------------+---------------------------+-------------+
| Reus                       | 18 June                   | £24         |
+----------------------------+---------------------------+-------------+
| Rzeszow                    | 18 June                   | £24         |
+----------------------------+---------------------------+-------------+
| Trapani                    | 2 July                    | £24         |
+----------------------------+---------------------------+-------------+


Announcing Ryanair's 25th base in Birmingham, Michael O'Leary said:

        'The people of Birmingham have been woefully underserved and overcharged
        by British Airways and Flybe's high fares for years. Ryanair's new base
        will smash this high fare stranglehold by delivering savings of £130m
        next year for Birmingham's passengers / visitors.

        'Direct international routes are fundamental to the economic development
        of a city like Birmingham and the people of the West Midlands can now
        look forward to Europe's guaranteed lowest fares and best punctuality on
        22 international routes with Ryanair. This route count will more than
        double as a result of Ryanair's $700m investment in Birmingham, bringing
        with it a significant increase in European visitors and jobs for the
        West Midlands

        'To celebrate the launch of our new base, we are offering all passengers
        who buy a return flight on any route from Birmingham (before midnight on
        Thursday) a free bonus flight, (no taxes, no fees and no charges*) for
        travel in February to Dublin or Shannon from Birmingham. This special
        offer must end midnight Thursday so we advise passengers to book their
        bargain seats today on www.ryanair.com'.


*See www.ryanair.com for details

Ends.                         Tuesday, 15th January 2008

For further information:

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



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