BOURNEMOUTH - 24th BASE

Ryanair Holdings PLC
09 January 2008


                 BOURNEMOUTH WINS RYANAIR'S 24th EUROPEAN BASE

                   $70M INVESTMENT, 1,000 JOBS AND 12 ROUTES

Ryanair, Europe's largest low fares airline today (Wednesday, 9th January 2008)
announced its 24th European base in Bournemouth on England's South Coast. From
April, Ryanair will base one $70m Boeing 737-800 aircraft which will serve 5 new
routes to Malaga, Murcia, Nantes, Palma and Wroclaw operating alongside
Ryanair's 7 existing routes from Bournemouth to Alicante, Barcelona, Dublin,
Glasgow, Marseille, Milan and Pisa. Capacity on the Glasgow route will be
doubled to allow for day return traffic, providing a significantly cheaper
option for passengers than the high fares charged by Flybe from neighbouring
Southampton.

This investment will deliver 1m passengers p.a. for the South Coast resulting in
a visitor spend of £60m which will sustain 1,000 jobs in the local economy. Only
Ryanair guarantees the lowest fares for passengers on the South Coast and
today's new route announcements will generate annual passenger savings of £40m
compared to the high fares charged by Flybe from Southampton. The lowest fares
to / from the South Coast are only available with Ryanair from Bournemouth.
That's guaranteed.

Announcing the new base in Bournemouth, Ryanair's Director of Scheduled Revenue,
Sean Coyle said:

        'Bournemouth Airport has competed successfully against airports across
        Europe to win our 24th European base. We look forward to delivering even
        more passenger savings on even more routes from the South Coast thanks
        to Ryanair's guaranteed lowest fares. With this new base, Ryanair will
        deliver significant economic benefits throughout the region,
        capitalising on its huge tourism potential by making it cheaper and
        easier than ever before to get here'.

        'To celebrate the launch of our new Bournemouth base, passengers who
        book a return flight on any routes to / from Bournemouth before midnight
        Thursday will receive a free bonus return flight, no taxes, no fees, and
        no charges on a choice of over 200 routes. We advise passengers to snap
        up their free bonus flights today by booking now on www.ryanair.com'.


Ends.                             Wednesday, 9th January 2008


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