5 New Routes Announced

Ryanair Holdings PLC
18 May 2005


                             60 YEARS AFTER VE DAY:
                            RYANAIR LIBERATES POLAND
             5 NEW ROUTES TO POLAND & SLOVAKIA AT FARES FROM £3.99*

Ryanair, Europe's No. 1 low fares airline, today (Wednesday, 18th May 2005)
announced 5 new routes to Poland and Slovakia. From October 30th, 2005 Ryanair
will operate daily flights from London-Stansted to Gdansk, Bydgoszcz, Szczecin,
Rzeszow (Poland) and a twice-daily route to Bratislava (Slovakia). Bookings can
be made on Ryanair.com today from just £3.99*.

                               COMPARE THE FARES
ONE-WAY FARES FROM:
    ROUTE                     LOT*             RYANAIR**          %SAVING
    Gdansk                    £55              £3.99               93%
    Bydgoszcz                 £72              £3.99               95%
    Szczecin                  £55              £3.99               93%
    Rzeszow                   £55              £3.99               93%
    ROUTE                 SKY EUROPE***       RYANAIR**           %SAVING
    Bratislava                N/A              £3.99               N/A

(*fare source: LOT website, one-way fares excluding taxes booking 13.05.05,
travel 01.11.05, all flights operated ex London Heathrow via Warsaw)
(**Ryanair fares one-way excluding taxes)
(***Sky Europe website, travel 01.11.05)

Announcing Ryanair's new routes in London today, Michael Cawley, Deputy CEO
said:

        'In 2004 Michael O'Leary said: 'Who wants to go to Gdansk? There ain't a
        lot there after you've seen the shipyard wall'. There he goes - wrong
        again. A big piece of humble pie later and it's RE (Ryanair in Europe)
        Day as Ryanair liberates Poland from the tyranny of high fares. British
        Tourists can now discover Poland and decide for themselves what Gdansk,
        Bydgoszcz, Szczecin, and Rzeszow have to offer without paying the high
        fares of LOT and Easyjet.

        'Today, we also add a new route to Bratislava in Slovakia, which has the
        added appeal of its proximity to Vienna, a destination which until today
        could only be accessed at prohibitively high fares.
        'These five new routes mean British passengers will save over £60M on
        the high fares of other airlines and will benefit from Ryanair's
        unbeatable punctuality and customer service'.

Ends.                         Wednesday, 18th May 2005

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

RESERVATIONS

Book online at www.RYANAIR.COM - the low fares website

Ryanair is Europe's No. 1 low fares airline with 229 low fare routes across 20
countries. The airline has 12 European bases and by the end of 2005 will operate
an entire fleet of 96 new Boeing 737-800 aircraft with firm orders for a further
129 which will be delivered over the following 6 years. Ryanair currently
employs a team of 2,600 people and will carry in excess of 34 million scheduled
passengers in the coming financial year.

For booking & further information visit www.ryanair.com



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