CHALLENGE ON T2

Ryanair Holdings PLC
27 September 2007



  RYANAIR CHALLENGES PERMISSION ON T2 AND THE REGULATOR'S DECISION ON AIRPORT
                                    CHARGES

Ryanair, Ireland's largest airline, today (27th September 2007) announced that
it has applied for a judicial review of An Bord Pleanala's decision upholding
planning permission for the DAA's €800m. second terminal (T2), and also the
Commission for Aviation Regulation's (CAR's) decision to allow the majority of
DAA's massively inflated costs for T2 to be recovered through higher passenger
charges. Both applications were filed with the High Court this afternoon.

Commenting on these two legal actions, Ryanair's Head of Regulatory Affairs, Jim
Callaghan, said:

    'Ryanair has long been an advocate of a low cost, efficient second terminal
    at Dublin Airport to cater for the growth of low fares traffic, which now
    accounts for the vast majority of traffic in Dublin Airport. Ryanair even
    offered to pay for and build such facilities over 5 years ago but was
    blocked by the Government, who preferred to allow the monopoly airport
    operator to build further gold plated, massively inefficient facilities at
    Dublin Airport.

    'These two applications for the High Court to judicially review the decision
    of An Bord Pleanala approving T2 and the CAR's decision allowing the DAA to
    recover the inflated costs of T2 are aimed at preventing further passenger
    charge increases and inefficiency at Dublin Airport. The DAA has a long
    history of providing inefficient, gold plated facilities (e.g., the new
    terminal in Cork, and Pier C and the original terminal extension in Dublin
    Airport) that do not meet the requirements of users and increase costs to
    airlines and their passengers.

    'The basis of both of these legal challenges is that the T2 facility as
    proposed by DAA is massively oversized, as CAR has now confirmed, it costs
    approximately 4 times what it should and will double passenger charges at
    Dublin Airport. Moreover, there is still time to allow DAA to provide
    facilities that meet the requirements of users but do not increase passenger
    charges further given that the existing facilities have enough capacity
    until 2011/2012.

    'If the DAA monopoly goes ahead with this ridiculous development, then the
    users of T2, i.e., Aer Lingus, should have to pay for it, not Ryanair's low
    fares passengers who will continue to use the old terminal'.


Ends.                                    Thursday, 27th September 2007


For further information please contact: 


Peter Sherrard                     Pauline McAlester/Robert Marshall
Ryanair                            Murray Consultants
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