New Route

Ryanair Holdings PLC
16 September 2003




                    NEW RYANAIR ROUTE BETWEEN UK AND FINLAND
                      LONDON-STANSTED - TAMPERE FOR £29.99

Ryanair, Europe's No.1 low fares airlines, today (Tuesday, 16 September 2003)
announced a new daily route DIRECT between London-Stansted and Tampere, Finland
with fares starting from £29.99 including taxes. This is the airline's 133rd
route across Europe.

Announcing details of the new route, Lotta Lindquist, Ryanair's Sales Manager
for Scandinavia said: 'Ryanair's low fares arrived in Finland with the opening
of our Stockholm-Tampere route in April 2003.

'To date, over 5m passengers have taken advantage of Ryanair's low fares in
Scandinavia and we expect to carry 80,000 passengers annually on this new route.
This will be a huge boost to local tourism and will create many new jobs in the
region.

                     Ryanair Passengers Save 95%

   FINNAIR 1               Ryanair Low Fare  2              Saving

    £570.90                      £29.99                      95%

                            Tax inclusive fares as quoted on September 15, 2003.
1. London Heathrow to Tampere via Helsinki. 2. London-Stansted Direct to Tampere

'The route starts on October 30 and passengers can expect to save over 95% on
the fares charged by High Fare airlines like Finnair. Better yet, Ryanair is No.
1 for punctuality and offers has a direct route to Tampere from London, so
passengers will get to London quicker than anyone else.'

Timetable Information

Flight     From                  Depart       Arrive      Days

FR 2194    London-Stansted        15:15        20:15          1234567
FR 2195    Tampere                20:40        21:50          1234567

Ends                          16th September 2003

For further information:  John Rowley             Pauline McAlester
                          Ryanair                 Murray Consultants
                          Tel: + 353 1 812 1271   Tel: + 353 1 4980300




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