Regulator Price Increase

Ryanair Holdings PLC
29 February 2008



 AVIATION REGULATOR PRESIDES OVER ANOTHER 50% PRICE INCREASE AT DUBLIN AIRPORT

Ryanair today (Friday, 29th February 2008) published its submission to the
Aviation Regulator on the latest unjustified cost increases being sought by the
Dublin Airport monopoly, which include another 50% increase for check-in desk
rentals and a new double charge for the floor space for self service kiosks in
the terminal, despite the fact that the airlines have already paid for this
terminal space through inflated airport charges.

The Aviation Regulator posted a notice on his website inviting submissions from
airline users. However, the Regulator has refused to publish DAA's
justifications for these price increases on the grounds that they were
'confidential and commercially sensitive'. Airport users were denied the
opportunity to comment on these DAA submissions, because we haven't seen them.
The DAA monopoly refused to provide them to users on the grounds that they had
been 'sent directly to the Aviation Regulator', and the Regulator now refuses to
publish them because he claims they are 'confidential'.

Ryanair objects to this conspiracy between the Aviation Regulator and the Dublin
Airport monopoly. If the DAA monopoly is seeking a 50% increase in check-in desk
charges - more than ten times the rate of inflation - then airport users should
be given the details of the alleged costs on which this enormous price increase
is based. The Regulator, is again in breach of his statutory obligation to meet
the requirements of users by failing to publish this information for them.

The DAA's latest request for a 50% increase in check-in desk charges comes just
three years after the Regulator previously rubber stamped a doubling of these
charges. There is no justification for a 150% increase in Dublin Airport
check-in desk rentals during a three year period when cumulative inflation was
less than 10%. There is no justification for any rental charge for the
installation of check-in kiosks on the floor of Terminal 1, which has already
been fully paid for by the airlines through high and ever rising airport
charges. This is a case of the airlines and passengers at Dublin Airport being
double and treble charged by an out of control DAA airport monopoly who is
conspiring with an incompetent Aviation Regulator.

Speaking today Ryanair's Peter Sherrard said:

        'The principal duty of this Regulator is to protect the reasonable
        requirements of Airport users. In the case of this latest inflation
        busting increase in check-in desk rentals, the Regulator has refused to
        provide users with the reasons for these cost increases and he is
        conspiring with the DAA monopoly to deny airport users any opportunity
        to comment on these cost increases.

        'Already over the past year short term car parking charges at Dublin
        Airport have been increased by 50%, ten times the rate of inflation. Now
        the DAA monopoly are looking for another 50% increase in check-in desk
        charges, again ten times the rate of inflation. The fact that the DAA
        are now looking to charge a floor space rental for self service kiosks
        despite the fact that this floor space has already been paid for in full
        by the airlines through high airport charges, confirms yet again that
        this Regulator has failed his statutory duty to protect the reasonable
        interests of users.

        'This useless Regulator continues to preside over a series of massive
        unjustified cost increases at Dublin Airport. He has failed on every
        occasion to meet the reasonable requirements of users. We believe it is
        high time that the Minister dismissed this incompetent Regulator and
        replace him with someone who is willing and able to challenge the DAA
        monopoly, and who is willing to defend the reasonable interests of
        airport users'.


Ends.                                         Friday, 29th February 2008

For reference: Peter Sherrard - Ryanair  Pauline McAlester - Murray Consultants
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