New Route

Ryanair Holdings PLC
04 September 2003



                   RYANAIR LAUNCHES NEW GERMANY- ITALY ROUTE
                     FRANKFURT-HAHN TO ALGHERO FROM €39.99

    Ryanair, Europe's No.1 low fares airline, today (Thursday, 4th September
    2003) added a new route to its existing 131 European route network with the
    launch of a 9th route from Germany to Italy. Fares start at €39.99 including
    taxes and charges.

    Daily flights will commence on the following new route from 30th October and
    can be booked online at www.ryanair.com from today:

   •Frankfurt-Hahn - Alghero

    Ryanair now operates 18 low-fare routes from Frankfurt-Hahn across Europe
    and 9 routes from Germany to Italy.

    Ryanair's Head of Communications, Paul Fitzsimmons, said:

        'Our new route from Frankfurt-Hahn to Alghero in Italy reflects the huge
        public demand for services to Italy. This is the 7th Italian route from
        Frankfurt-Hahn and we expect to carry 100,000 passengers on it annually.

        'Ryanair is the only really low fares airline in Europe. We now operate
        132 routes and will carry 24 million passengers throughout Europe this
        year, almost 3 million of which will be through Frankfurt-Hahn.

        'Ryanair offers more routes, more destinations, more frequency, better
        punctuality and unbeatable passenger service, which is why we continue
        to grow rapidly and are Europe's No. 1 low fares airline'.

    Fares for the new routes start at €39.99 (including taxes).The new route
    starts on 30th October and passengers can book online from today at
    www.ryanair.com.

Timetable Information

Flight    From              To                Depart    Arrive    Days

FR        Frankfurt-Hahn    Alghero           15:35     17:35     M T W
4822                                                              T F S
                                                                  S

FR        Alghero           Frankfurt-Hahn    18:00     20:00     M T W
4823                                                              T F S
                                                                  S


       Full details of fares and timetables available at www.ryanair.com.

ENDS     4th September 2003

For Further information:
Paul Fitzsimmons - Ryanair   Pauline McAlester - Murray Consultants
Tel: [phone]        Tel: [phone]




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