New Routes Announcement

Ryanair Holdings PLC
27 February 2003



                  RYANAIR LAUNCHES FOUR NEW ROUTES FROM DUBLIN

                   TO BARCELONA, BLACKPOOL, FARO AND MALAGA.

Ryanair, Europe's No.1 low fares airline today, (27th February 2003) announced
FOUR new scheduled flights FROM DUBLIN - TO BARCELONA, BLACKPOOL, FARO, AND
MALAGA, and INCREASED services to Newcastle in Britain.

Commenting on today's announcement, Ryanair's Head of Communications, Paul
Fitzsimmons said:

'Ryanair are committed to giving Irish consumers more choice, better services
and lower prices - today we are launching FOUR new low fares services to UK,
Spain and Portugal, and we are increasing our frequency on the Dublin -
Newcastle route to 2 flights daily.

'Starting on Sunday March 30th 2003, and every Saturday and Sunday thereafter,
Ryanair will have 12 flights every weekend from Dublin to Malaga, Faro, and
Barcelona. From 4th April, Ryanair's Newcastle service will be increased to 2
flights daily, and from 30th May 2003, we will commence our new low fares
service to Blackpool.

All of these new services are available for booking now and we would urge
consumers to take advantage of the lowest fares at www.ryanair.com'.

ROUTE                 FREQUENCY             FARES*                START DATE

BARCELONA             1 x Saturday          From € 69.99          5th April 2003
(Girona)

MALAGA                2 x Saturday          From € 99.99          30th March 03
                      1 x Sunday

FARO                  1 x Saturday          From € 99.99          30th March 03
                      1 x Sunday

BLACKPOOL             1 x Daily             From € 29.99          30th May 03

NEWCASTLE             2 x Daily             From €19.99           4th April 03


* Fares quoted one way inc.tax.

Ends:

For further information:

Paul Fitzsimmons               Pauline McAlester

Ryanair                        Murray Consultants

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