15th Base at Nottingham

Ryanair Holdings PLC
14 September 2005


                    RYANAIR ANNOUNCES ITS 15th EUROPEAN BASE
                      AT NOTTINGHAM EAST MIDLANDS AIRPORT

Ryanair, Europe's No. 1 low fares airline today (Wednesday, 14th September 2005)
announced Nottingham East Midlands as its 15th European base. From the 7th of
March, Ryanair will base 2 brand new Boeing 737-800 aircraft worth $120M at
Nottingham East Midlands Airport and add 10 new routes to its existing 5 routes.

FROM NOTTINGHAM EAST MIDLANDS TO     STARTING      FREQUENCY

BERLIN                               7th MARCH     DAILY
DERRY                                7th MARCH     DAILY
NIMES                                7th MARCH     3 WEEKLY
CARCASSONNE                          8th MARCH     4 WEEKLY
NANTES                               8th MARCH     3 WEEKLY
DINARD                               8th MARCH     4 WEEKLY
LIMOGES                              14th MARCH    4 WEEKLY
LODZ                                 14th MARCH    3 WEEKLY
WROCLAW                              15th MARCH    4 WEEKLY
BERGERAC                             15th MARCH    3 WEEKLY
DUBLIN                               EXISTING      3 DAILY (19 weekly)
SHANNON                              EXISTING      DAILY
MURCIA                               EXISTING      DAILY
BARCELONA                            EXISTING      DAILY
ROME                                 EXISTING      DAILY

Announcing Ryanair's 15th European base at Nottingham East Midlands Airport
today, Ryanair's CEO Michael O'Leary, said:

        'We are delighted to announce Nottingham East Midlands Airport as our
        15th European base. From the 7th of March, Ryanair will operate 15
        routes through Nottingham East Midlands delivering 1.2 million
        passengers per annum, sustaining 1,200 jobs in the East Midlands area.

        'The people of the Midlands region will now be able to enjoy low fare
        flights at a fraction of existing fares charged by Easyjet. Ryanair is
        also Europe's most punctual airline and the World's Favourite Airline.

        'Seats on these new routes are available for immediate booking on
        www.ryanair.com from just £5.99* and we urge all passengers to book
        straight away as demand for fares this low will be huge.'




Speaking at today's announcement, Penny Coates, Managing Director, Nottingham
East Midlands Airport, said:

        'It is great that Ryanair has chosen Nottingham East Midlands Airport as
        their newest base. The increased choice of destinations for the people
        of the Midlands and the opportunities for inbound tourism are very
        exciting'.

*One way ex taxes

Ends.                                    Wednesday, 14th September 2005

For further information:

Peter Sherrard - Ryanair                 Pauline McAlester - Murray Consultants
Tel: [phone]                    Tel: [phone]



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