New Route

Ryanair Holdings PLC
11 March 2004



                    RYANAIR ANNOUNCES NEW ROUTE TO BRINDISI

                    AND EXTRA FLIGHTS TO SUMMER DESTINATIONS

Ryanair, Europe's No. 1 Low Fares Airline, today (Thursday, 11th March 2004)
announced a new route from London Stansted to Brindisi in Italy and extra
flights to attractive Summer destinations in Europe. The new route with daily
flights to Brindisi will commence on 29th April with one-way fares from only
£29.99 (including tax).

Ryanair is increasing the frequency on the following summer destinations from
London:

From Stansted to:    Current            Effective from April 29th,
                                        2004

Palermo              1 daily flight     2 daily flights

Pisa                 2 daily flights    3 daily flights

Carcassonne          1 daily flight     2 daily flights

Nimes                1 daily flight     2 daily flights

Jerez                1 daily flight     2 daily flights

Kerry                1 daily flight     2 daily flights

From Gatwick to:

Dublin               5 daily flights    6 daily flights

As previously indicated, as part of the ongoing process of reviewing
destinations, which have underperformed the route from London Stansted to
Groningen will cease on the 28th of April, 2004.

Ryanair Sales & Marketing Manager for Europe, Sinead Finn, said;

        'Due to phenomenal demand for our recently launched Bari route, we are
        now increasing our routes to the Italian Region of Puglia with a new
        daily route from London to Brindisi from April 29th, 2004.

        'I am happy also to announce that we are increasing daily flights to
        popular destinations in Italy, France, Spain & Ireland due to increased
        demand from our English consumers. This summer our passengers will have
        an even greater choice of Ryanairs low fares to these attractive
        destinations.

        'Seats are available to Brindisi now from as little as £29.99 (one-way,
        including taxes), we urge customers to book immediately on
        www.ryanair.com.

        'Ryanair is No 1 for low fares, No1 for routes, No 1 for punctuality and
        No 1 for customer service'.

Timetable:

FLIGHT NUMBER           ROUTE          FLIGHT TIMES       AIRCRAFT

   FR 4976        London -Brindisi      1710-2100      Boeing 737 800

   FR 4977         Brindisi-London      2125-2320      Boeing 737 800

Ryanair is Europe's largest low fares airline with 147 low fare routes across 16
countries. Ryanair operates a fleet of 69 aircraft, with firm orders for up to a
further 107 new Boeing 737-800s, which will be delivered over the next 5 years.
Ryanair currently employs a team of 2,200 people and expects to carry over 23
million scheduled passengers in the current year.

Ends.     Thursday, 11th March 2004

For further information

Please contact:    Sinead Finn                     Pauline McAlester

                   Ryanair                         Murray Consultants

 
                   Tel. [phone]            Tel. [phone]

www.RYANAIR.COM - The low fares website


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