New Route

Ryanair Holdings PLC
19 August 2003



                RYANAIR LAUNCHES NEW BRUSSELS - STOCKHOLM ROUTE

                    BRUSSELS-CHARLEROI TO STOCKHOLM -SKAVSTA

    Ryanair, Europe's No.1 low fares airline, today (Tuesday, 19th August 2003)
    added a new route to its existing 127 European route network, creating its
    first gateway between Belgium and Scandinavia.

    Daily flights will commence on the following new route from October and can
    be booked online at www.ryanair.com from today:

   •  Brussels-Charleroi - Stockholm-Skavsta
   

    Ryanair now operates 12 low-fare routes from Brussels-Charleroi to Europe.
    The airline is also doubling its frequency on its Brussels-Charleroi -
    Rome-Ciampino service from one to two flights a day from 16th October 2003.

    Ryanair's Head of Communications, Paul Fitzsimmons, said:

        'Our new route to Stockholm-Skavsta reflects the huge public demand for
        low cost access to Scandinavia. We now have 14 routes to and from
        Sweden. This is our first Scandinavian route from Brussels-Charleroi and
        we expect to carry 100,000 passengers on it annually.

        'Ryanair is the only really low fares airline in Europe. We now operate
        128 routes and will carry almost 24 million passengers throughout Europe
        this year, almost 2 million of which will be through Brussels-Charleroi.

        'Ryanair offers more routes, more destinations, more frequency, better
        punctuality and unbeatable passenger service which is why we continue to
        grow rapidly and are Europe's No. 1 low fares airline.'

    Fares for the new routes start at € 39.99 (including taxes and charges).The
    new route starts on 16th October and passengers can book online from today
    at www.ryanair.com.


                       Brussels-Charleroi to Stockholm-Skavsta
                           Ryanair Passengers Save over 60%

               SN Brussels 1            Ryanair 2            Saving

                €108.56                  £39.99                  63%

                                      1. Brussels airport to Stockholm 
                                      2. Brussels-Charleroi to Stockholm-Skavsta                                 
                                                 Fares include taxes and charges

        Full details of fares, timetables available at www.ryanair.com.

ENDS     19th August 2003

For further information
please contact;
Paul Fitzsimmons, Ryanair  Tel. [phone]
Pauline McAlester, Murray Consultants  Tel. [phone]






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