First Route, London - Spain

Ryanair Holdings PLC
31 October 2002



RYANAIR ANNOUNCES FIRST NEW ROUTE FROM LONDON TO SPAIN AND DOUBLES CAPACITY FROM
                                LONDON TO MILAN




Ryanair, Europe's only low fares airline today announced its first new route
from London to Spain. From the 20th of February, 2003, Ryanair will operate a
twice-daily service from London Stansted to Barcelona Girona. Ryanair also
announced a doubling in frequency from London to Milan from 6th of February
increasing daily services from London Stansted to Milan (Orio) to four daily
flights and services from London Luton to Italy for the first time with a
twice-daily service from London Luton to Milan making more low fares available
to an even wider catchment area.

In addition to announcing details of its routes Ryanair also launched rock
bottom airfares that are over 80% cheaper than British Airways.

                           COMPARE THE ONE-WAY FARES

    Route         Start date        Frequency             BA              Ryanair          Saving

Barcelona       20th February         Daily              £97               £9.99            90%
(Girona)

     Route        Start date        Frequency            BA             Ryanair          Saving

Milan            6th February         Daily             £118             £19.99           83%

Announcing details in London today, Ryanair's Sales & Marketing Manager for
Europe, Sinead Finn said:

'Ryanair is once again providing unbeatable value to British consumers who can
now avail of really low fares to Spain. Ryanairs unbeatable fares combined with
high on time performance and friendly on-board service continues to attract more
and more British consumers at lower and lower fares to our European
destinations.

We are delighted to offer our consumers greater frequency on our London Stansted
to Milan route and to announce services from London Luton to Milan (Orio) for
the first time making really low fares to Milan available to a great London
catchement area.

Ryanair's low fares will only be available on Europe's largest travel website at
www.ryanair.com and we urge prospective passengers to book early as seats at
these prices will sell out quickly'.

ENDS.                              31st October, 2002

For further information

Please contact:  Pauline McAlester Tel: [phone]

Below are the schedules of this exciting new announcement:

Gerona to London Stansted                              London Stansted to Gerona

FR 9803 1515-1625 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 new                    FR 9802 1145-1450 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 new
FR 9805 1650-1800 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 new                    FR 9804 1320-1625 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 new

Milan to London Stansted                               London Stansted to Milan

FR 4191 0700-0805 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 new                    FR 4192 0625-0925 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
FR 4193 0950-1055 1 2 3 4 5 6 7                        FR 4194 0830-1130 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 new
FR 4197 1650-1755 1 2 3 4 5 6 7                        FR 4196 1325-1625 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
FR 4199 2155-2300 1 2 3 4 5 6 7                        FR 4198 1830-2130 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Milan to London Luton                                  London Luton to Milan

FR 4151 1055-1155 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 new                    FR 4152 1220-1520 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 new
FR 4153 1435-1535 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 new                    FR 4154 1600-1900 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 new










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