Evidence of EU Bias

Ryanair Holdings PLC
11 March 2008



                RYANAIR RESPONDS TO FURTHER EVIDENCE OF EU BIAS


Ryanair, Europe's largest low fares airline today (Tuesday, 11th March 2008)
responded to further evidence of the European Commission's bias in applying one
set of rules for high fare flag carriers and another set of discriminatory rules
for Ryanair.

The European Commission announced today that it will investigate Ryanair's open,
pro competitive deal at Bratislava Airport. The Commission's investigation is
based on a spurious complaint by 'a competitor', likely either Austrian Airlines
or Vienna Airport in order to block competition from Ryanair and Bratislava
airport. The investigation is completely baseless and coming on the eve of
Ryanair's appeal of the Commission's unlawful Charleroi Decision in the European
Court of First Instance is a pathetic attempt to put pressure on the Court.

The European Commission's unlawful Charleroi decision has already been used by
high fares airlines and high cost airports to launch spurious complaints against
small regional airports such as Tampere, Aarhus, Alghero, Lubeck, Pau and now
Bratislava, despite the fact that the complaining high fare airlines have no
intention of ever flying to these regional airports. They simply want to block
the growth of these regional airports, block low fares, competition and choice.
Ryanair is appealing the Commission's flawed and unlawful Charleroi ruling in
the European Court of First Instance tomorrow and is confident it will be
overturned.

While the Commission responds rapidly to these baseless complaints from
Competitor airlines/ airports, it is doing nothing at all to investigate and
address the serious multi billion euro state aid subsidies to flag carrier
airlines (Air France, Alitalia, Lufthansa and Olympic). The European
Commission's lack of action over these serious state aid cases, has now forced
Ryanair to take separate cases against the Commission in the European Court of
First Instance, to compel the Commission to apply its own state aid rules fairly
and without discrimination against Ryanair.


Complaint               Submitted            Investigation
Against Ryanair:
Alghero                 Dec '03              Aug '07
Aarhus                  Jan '05              Jul '07
Tampere                 Feb '05              Jul '07
Lubeck                  Feb '06              Jul '07
Pau                     Nov '06              Nov '07

By Ryanair:
Volare                  Nov '05              No Action
Lufthansa               Nov '05              No Action
Alitalia                Dec '05              No Action
Cyprus Awys.            Jan '06              No Action
Air France              May '06              No Action
Olympic                 Dec '06              No Action



Speaking today, Ryanair's Head of Regulatory Affairs, Jim Callaghan said:

        'This baseless and spurious investigation in Bratislava is just the
        latest example of the EU applying one set of rules for flag carrier
        airlines and another discriminatory set of rules for Ryanair and is a
        pathetic attempt by the European Commission to put pressure on the
        European Court of First Instance on the eve of the Charleroi appeal
        hearing.

        'We are confident that the CFI will overturn the Commission's patently
        flawed, anti competitive Charleroi decision and call on the Commission
        to stop ignoring or signing off on continuing unlawful State aid for the
        inefficient high fare flag carrier airlines while pursuing baseless
        complaints by flag carriers against low fares airlines operating out of
        regional and secondary airports.

        'This discriminatory twin track approach must end. It is time for the
        Commission to start promoting competition and consumer choice, and end
        unlawful State aid to flag carrier airlines'.

Ends.                         Tuesday, 11th March 2008

For further information:

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



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