Marseille is 16th Euro Base

Ryanair Holdings PLC
10 May 2006

              RYANAIR SELECTS MARSEILLE AS ITS 16th EUROPEAN BASE

                          13 ROUTES FROM NOVEMBER '06

Ryanair, Europe's No. 1 airline today (Wednesday, 10th May 2006) announced that
it has selected Marseille as its 16th European base. Ryanair will invest over
$120M in 2 new aircraft that from November will serve 13 routes and deliver
almost 1M passengers per annum. From November, Ryanair will connect Marseille to
Brussels, Dublin, Eindhoven, Fez, Frankfurt, Glasgow, Karlsruhe Baden, London,
Marrakech, Oujda, Oslo, Porto and Rome.

Michael O'Leary, Ryanair's CEO today in Marseille said:

        'Ryanair's first base in France marks a major breakthrough for French
        passengers/visitors who will no longer suffer Air France's high fares.
        This base will revolutionise travel to/from the Provence region. It
        would not have been possible without Marseille Provence airport who have
        developed a low cost terminal that has won them this base despite
        intense competition from 5 other low cost European airports.

        'Now Marseille airport which has suffered a passenger decline from 6.5M
        in 2000 to 5.8M in 2006 will achieve record growth in 06/07 thanks to
        this new low cost partnership with Ryanair.

        'Ryanair's low fare routes are good news for business and tourism in
        Provence. Marseille airport will become the low fare airport for the
        South of France as Ryanair delivers almost 1M passengers p.a. This
        traffic will sustain 1,000 jobs whilst allowing passengers in the region
        to enjoy low fare flights and end the high fare monopoly of Air France.

        'Seats on these new routes are available for immediate booking on
        www.ryanair.com from just €1* and we urge all passengers to book
        straight away as demand for fares this low will be huge'.

                           MARSEILLE TO:               FARE*

                           BRUSSELS                    € 1
                           
                           EINDHOVEN                   € 1

                           KARLSRUHE BADEN (Germany)   € 1

                           FRANKFURT                   € 1

                           LONDON STANSTED             € 1

                           ROME                        € 1

                           DUBLIN                      € 5

                           GLASGOW                     € 5

                           PORTO                       € 5

                           FEZ (Morocco)               € 10

                           MARRAKECH (Morocco)         € 10

                           OUJDA (Morocco)             € 10

                           OSLO                        € 10

* Fares quoted exclude taxes, fees and charges

Editor's Note:

Ryanair's routes from Marseille to Glasgow and Dublin are currently in
operation. The other routes listed will start 8th November 2006.

Ends.                              Wednesday, 10th May 2006

For further information:

Peter Sherrard - Ryanair           Pauline McAlester - Murray Consultants

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