Intended Issue of Letter

Ryanair Holdings PLC
14 December 2006



          INTENDED ISSUE OF FURTHER LETTER TO AER LINGUS SHAREHOLDERS


At the Extraordinary General Meeting of Ryanair Holdings plc held in Dublin
today, Ryanair advised that the Company would be issuing a further letter to
shareholders in Aer Lingus tomorrow, 15 December, 2006 advising acceptance of
the Offer.



Enquiries:

Ryanair                                    Telephone: [phone]
Howard Millar

Davy Corporate Finance                     Telephone: [phone]
(Financial Adviser to Ryanair)
Hugh McCutcheon
Eugenee Mulhern

Morgan Stanley                             Telephone: [phone]
(Financial Adviser to Ryanair)
Gavin MacDonald
Colm Donlon
Adrian Doyle

Murray Consultants                         Telephone: [phone]
(Public Relations Advisers to Ryanair)     Telephone: [phone]
Pauline McAlester





This announcement does not constitute an offer or an invitation to offer to
purchase or subscribe for any securities. Any response in relation to the Offer
should only be made on the basis of the information contained in the Offer
Document or any document by which the Offer is made.

The directors of Ryanair accept responsibility for the information contained in
this announcement. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the directors of
Ryanair (who have taken all reasonable care to ensure that such is the case),
the information contained in this announcement for which they accept
responsibility is in accordance with the facts and does not omit anything likely
to affect the import of such information.

Terms defined in the circular to Ryanair shareholders dated 21 November, 2006
have the same meaning in this announcement unless otherwise stated.

Any person who is the holder of 1 per cent. or more of any class of shares in
Aer Lingus or Ryanair may be required to make disclosures pursuant to Rule 8.3
of the Irish Takeover Panel Act, 1997, Takeover Rules 2001 to 2005, as applied,
with amendments by the European Communities (Takeover Bids (Directive 2004/25/
EC)) Regulations 2006.

Davy Corporate Finance, which is regulated in Ireland by the Financial
Regulator, is acting exclusively for Ryanair and no one else in connection with
the Offer, and will not be responsible to anyone other than Ryanair for
providing the protections afforded to clients of Davy Corporate Finance nor for
providing advice in relation to the Offer, the contents of this document or any
transaction or arrangement referred to in this announcement.

Morgan Stanley & Co. Limited is acting exclusively for Ryanair and no one else
in connection with the Offer and will not be responsible to anyone other than
Ryanair for providing the protections afforded to clients of Morgan Stanley &
Co. Limited nor for providing advice in relation to the Offer, the contents of
this document or any transaction or arrangement referred to in this
announcement.

The availability of the Offer to persons outside Ireland may be affected by the
laws of the relevant jurisdiction. Such persons should inform themselves about
and observe any applicable requirements. The Offer will not be made, directly or
indirectly, in or into Australia, Canada, Japan, South Africa, the United States
or any other jurisdiction where it would be unlawful to do so, or by use of the
mails, or by any means or instrumentality (including, without limitation,
telephonically or electronically) of interstate or foreign commerce, or by any
facility of a national securities exchange of any jurisdiction where it would be
unlawful to do so, and the Offer will not be capable of acceptance by any such
means, instrumentality or facility from or within Australia, Canada, Japan,
South Africa, the United States or any other jurisdiction where it would be
unlawful to do so. Accordingly, copies of this announcement and all other
documents relating to the Offer are not being, and must not be, mailed or
otherwise forwarded, distributed or sent in, into or from Australia, Canada,
Japan, South Africa, the United States or any other jurisdiction where it would
be unlawful to do so. Persons receiving such documents (including, without
limitation, nominees, trustees and custodians) should observe these
restrictions. Failure to do so may invalidate any related purported acceptance
of the Offer. Notwithstanding the foregoing restrictions, Ryanair reserves the
right to permit the Offer to be accepted if, in its sole discretion, it is
satisfied that the transaction in question is exempt from or not subject to the
legislation or regulation giving rise to the restrictions in question.


Ends. Thursday, 14th December, 2006










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