Suspension of Lamezia Service

Ryanair Holdings PLC
21 November 2000


              RYANAIR SUSPENDS LAMEZIA SERVICE
                              
Ryanair, Europe's leading low fares airline today announced
that with effect from 1 December it will suspend its daily
flight from London to Lamezia in the South of Italy.
Ryanair's route to Lamezia which started on 1 July has been
a big success thanks to Ryanair's low air fares.  In just
six months over 30,000 passengers were carried on the route
where no services existed previously.  Recently however the
Board of Lamezia Airport have sought to amend the terms of
its contract with Ryanair and despite the threat from
Ryanair that it would suspend the service Lamezia has
persisted in this position, and has failed to respond to
Ryanair's request to honour the contract between the
parties.

Announcing this decision today, Ryanair's Commercial
Director, Michael Cawley said;

   'Ryanair regrets suspending any route such as
   Lamezia which is a commercial success, but
   we have been left with no alternative as we have
   found it impossible to maintain a
   satisfactory relationship with the Board
   of Lamezia Airport.  They have sought to
   change our original agreement and to
   renege on a number of the provisions in
   that agreement.  This is completely at
   variance with the partnership principal
   upon which Ryanair operates at all of
   our airports.  Ryanair is always
   prepared and willing to work with
   airports who honour agreements and try
   to resolve issues but this is not the
   case with Lamezia.
   
  'We continue to be in discussions with over
   20 new European airports, all of whom are
   anxious to attract Ryanair's unique low
   fares services next year.  We expect to
   be announcing the launch of five or six
   new routes some time early in 2001.  We
   will be happy to recommence services to
   Lamezia should the Board of the airport
   confirm that they will honour the terms
   of our agreement and will work with
   Ryanair to promote low fare services,
   traffic and tourism at Lamezia and
   indeed Calabria'