New Directors Appointed

Ryanair Holdings PLC
22 November 2002


                       RYANAIR APPOINTS TWO NEW DIRECTORS


Ryanair Holdings plc, Europe's only low fares airline today (22nd of November
2002) announced the appointment of two new non-executive directors. The two new
directors (who will attend their first meetings in December) are as follows;

1. Emmanuel Faber

Emmanuel Faber is 38 years old, French and currently serves as Chief Financial
Officer and Executive Vice President of Groupe Danone and was elected a director
of the board of Groupe Danone in 2002. Emmanuel is also a director of a number
of other French public companies. Prior to his current appointment he was head
of the Mergers and Acquisitions and the Corporate Strategy department of Danone.
Between 1993 and 1997 he served as a director and Chief Financial Officer of
Legris Industries, a French public company specialising in mechanical
engineering. Emmanuel also held a number of senior positions in the Corporate
Finance department of Barings Bank between 1989 and 1993.

2. Klaus Kirchberger

Klaus Kirchberger is 45 years old, German, and since 1997 has been a director
(since August 2002 CEO) of Thurn und Taxis Group, the asset management holding
of Thurn und Taxis family in Regensburg. Prior to that, Klaus was the Head of
the Controlling and Tax department of Thurn und Taxis. Between 1990 and 1994 he
was a Senior Manager at Pricewaterhouse Coopers in Munich. He also held senior
management positions at IKB Industriebank AG, Munich and is a qualified German
lawyer and auditor. Klaus is also a non-executive director of a number of listed
German corporations, DIBAG AG, Monachia AG, Emprise Management Consulting AG and
TTL Information Technology AG.

Announcing these new appointments to the board of Ryanair Holdings plc, the
Chairman, Mr David Bonderman said:

' The appointment of these two new directors brings further considerable
expertise and skills to assist the Board of Ryanair, Europe's only low fares
airline'.

'Both Emmanuel and Klaus in addition to their extensive business experience will
also deepen our knowledge base on their respective countries which will greatly
assist us in our strategic expansion as we grow on a pan-European basis. This is
particularly important in light of our plans to develop more continental
European bases where there is an insatiable demand for Ryanair's low fares'.

'All of us at Ryanair look forward to working with Emmanuel and Klaus over the
coming years, as we continue to grow Ryanair to be the largest and most
successful airline in Europe'.


ENDS.                                                       22nd November 2002



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