Ryanair announces new routes

Ryanair Holdings PLC
29 March 2006




                 RYANAIR LAUNCHES FIVE NEW ROUTES FROM SHANNON

                TO BIARRITZ, CARCASSONNE, FARO, KRAKOW & VENICE

           AND ALSO FREQUENCY INCREASES TO BARCELONA, MALAGA & MILAN

Ryanair, Europe's largest low fares airline, today (Wednesday, 29th March 2006)
announced five new routes from its Shannon base to Biarritz and Carcassonne in
the South of France, Faro in Portugal, Krakow in Poland and Venice in Italy, as
well as increased frequency on routes from Shannon to Barcelona Malaga and
Milan. The new routes will start on 12th October and bring the total number of
destinations served by Ryanair in Shannon to 24.

In Shannon today, Ryanair's CEO, Michael O'Leary said:

        'Ryanair's expansion makes Shannon one of the best served regions of its
        size anywhere in Europe and is a major boost to tourism and business in
        the mid-west, bringing 240 new jobs, 240,000 additional passengers and
        €55M more tourism spend.

        'From September, Ryanair will base a fourth Boeing 737-800 aircraft in
        Shannon, bringing our investment in Shannon to over $240M that will
        deliver 1.7M passengers per annum, sustain 1,700 jobs in the mid-west
        and allow passengers to enjoy savings of €170M compared to the high
        fares of Aer Lingus.

        'These five new routes are available today on www.ryanair.com and we
        advise passengers to book early as demand will be very strong'.

Niall Gibbons, Director of Corporate Services and Policy, Tourism Ireland, said:

        'Overseas visitors performance from Europe was the powerhouse of tourism
        growth last year, fuelled largely by the excellent growth in air access
        by Ryanair and other carriers. The 40% increase in direct air access
        from Europe into the island of Ireland last summer underpinned a
        record-breaking performance from the European markets, which saw
        overseas visits grow by almost 20%. Tourism Ireland will continue with
        its policy of encouraging the best possible regional spread when
        carriers are considering introducing new routes and services. Our
        ultimate goal is to increase the number of overseas visitors to the
        island of Ireland in 2006 to 8.5 million and we look forward to working
        closely with Ryanair and other carriers to help achieve our goal.'


Martin Moroney, Director of Shannon Airport said:

        'This is another exciting day for Shannon International Airport. The
        further development of Ryanair's Shannon base is a great boost for the
        airport and the region and further establishes Shannon as Ireland's low
        cost gateway. We are also delighted to see Ryanair add additional
        frequencies to their Barcelona, Malaga and Milan routes, as this proves
        the success of these routes in their first year of operation. We wish
        Ryanair every success with these additional routes and urge the business
        and tourist sector to fully capitalise on this increased connectivity to
        Europe'.

For New Routes and Increased Frequencies - PTO





NEW ROUTES

Destination              Days                Fare *        Commencement Date

Biarritz             1 - - - 5 - - 7          €4.99        12th October 2006

Carcassonne          -2 - - 5 - - 7           €4.99        12th Oct

Faro                  - -3 - - - 6-           €9.99        12th Oct

Krakow              - - - 4 - - 6 -           €9.99        12th Oct

Venice               1 - 3 - 5 - 7            €5.99        12th Oct


INCREASED FREQUENCIES


Destination                Days            Fare *         Commencement Date

Girona                1 - 3 4 5 - 7       €21.49            12th Oct

Malaga                   1 - 3 - 6        €9.99             12th Oct

Milan                 1 - 3 - 5 - 7       €24.99            12th Oct

* One-way excluding taxes


Ends.     Wednesday, 29th March 2006


For further information:

Peter Sherrard - Ryanair     Pauline McAlester - Murray Consultants

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