RYANAIR ANNOUNCES 21st BASE

Ryanair Holdings PLC
09 August 2007


                 RYANAIR ANNOUNCES 21st BASE IN ALICANTE, SPAIN

 BADEN BADEN, BASEL, BILLUND, BOURNEMOUTH, BRUSSELS, DONCASTER, EAST MIDLANDS,
                      GOTHENBURG, MAASTRICHT MILAN & PARIS

Ryanair, Europe's largest low fares airline, today (Thursday, 9th August 2007)
announced its 21st base in Alicante. From November, Ryanair will invest $140m in
2 Boeing 737-800s to serve 11 new routes from Alicante.

Ryanair already operates 6 routes from Alicante, to Dublin, Dusseldorf,
Liverpool, London, Pisa, and Stockholm, so this base will launch with a total of
17 routes.

Announcing Ryanair's 21st base in Alicante, CEO Michael O'Leary said:

        'Ryanair is delighted to select Alicante as our 21st European base (and
        our third in Spain). We began operating from Alicante in March 07 and
        our low fare routes have already delivered huge passenger volumes for
        the Costa Blanca. Today's new base announcement will treble passenger
        numbers to 1.5m annually, sustaining 1,500 local jobs.

    10 New Routes                   6 Existing Routes
    Starts                          Frequency
    Frequency                       Dublin

    Baden Baden                     5 x week
    Nov                             Dusseldorf
    4 x week                        Daily

    Basel                           Liverpool
    Nov                             Daily
    3 x week                        London

    Billund                         Daily
    Dec                             Pisa
    4 x week                        4 x week

    Bournemouth                     Stockholm
    Dec                             3 x week
    3 x week

    Brussels
    Nov
    Daily

    Doncaster
    Nov
    3 x week

    East Midlands
    Dec
    4 x week

    Gothenburg
    Dec
    3 x week

    Maastricht
    Nov
    4 x week

    Milan
    Dec
    4 x week

    Paris
    Dec
    3 x week

        'To celebrate these 11 new routes, Ryanair is giving away 100,000 seats
        from just €10 one way and we urge passengers to log onto www.ryanair.com
        immediately, because these low fares will sell out fast.'


To accommodate these new routes, Ryanair will cease operating services from
Vitoria to London Stansted and Dublin from 25th October.

ENDS.                          Thursday, 9th August 2007


For Further information:

Lorna Farren - Ryanair         Pauline McAlester - Murray Consultants

Tel: [phone]         Tel: [phone]




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