Major Expansion at London Luton Airport

Ryanair Holdings PLC
16 February 2000



RYANAIR ANNOUNCES MAJOR EXPANSION AT LONDON LUTON AIRPORT
Flights increase from 4 to 10 daily
Lowest Ever Fare of £3.99 plus taxes announced

Ryanair, Europe's largest low fares airline today (Wednesday, 16th February
2000) announced that it had reached agreement  with London Luton Airport, and
as a result would be launching a major expansion of its London Luton - Dublin
services for Summer 2000.

The airline which has an aircraft based at London Luton will increase its
Dublin schedule from 4 to 10 flights daily, and to celebrate, Ryanair today
launched its lowest ever fare on the London Luton - Dublin route of just £3.99
return plus taxes, which is available for a two week period on Ryanair's
internet site at www. RYANAIR.COM.

Speaking in Luton this morning when announcing the details of these expanded
services this Summer, Ryanair CEO, Michael O'Leary said:

'We are delighted that we have reached agreement with London Luton Airport on
extending a low cost base this Summer which will enable Ryanair to increase
our schedule from 4 to 10 flights daily and launch this new and lowest ever
return fare of just £3.99 plus taxes.  Ryanair has pioneered the development
of low fare travel to and from the UK, and this new agreement with London
Luton will enable us to continue to grow our business to the benefit of
passengers in the Luton area, and enable us to attract many more Irish
visitors to use London Luton Airport.

'We however remain concerned at the impediments to growth at Luton.  The
present structure whereby the Council expects a concession fee for every
additional passenger militates against both low fares and traffic growth. 
Ryanair would be interested in developing new routes and offering more low
fares from London Luton Airport, but to do so there must be a more growth
orientated cost arrangement between London Luton Airport and Luton City
Council which encourages new routes, promotes low air fares, and creates many
new jobs.  London Luton Airport has tremendous potential, and with airlines
such as Ryanair this potential can be realised.  However all parties must work
together to provide customers with the lowest possible air fares, and then
Ryanair will play its part in continuing to deliver new routes,   more
traffic, and more jobs at London Luton Airport.



For further information
on this expanded schedule
and this new record low fare 
please access:         www.RYANAIR.COM - The low fares website of Europe

or 

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