Welcomes Competition Report

Ryanair Holdings PLC
22 April 2008



                 RYANAIR WELCOMES COMPETITION COMMISSION REPORT

            BAA'S AIRPORT MONOPOLY AND INADEQUATE REGULATORY SYSTEM

                     ARE BAD FOR COMPETITION AND CONSUMERS

Ryanair, Britain's largest passenger airline today (Tuesday, 22nd April 2008)
welcomed the Competition Commission's Report on its emerging thinking into the
BAA airport monopoly, and renewed its call on the UK Government to break up the
BAA monopoly which has been bad for consumers, bad for passengers and is
damaging UK tourism. Ryanair believes that the three London airports should be
spun out into separate ownership and encouraged to compete against each other. A
similar solution would improve competition, services and passenger charges at
Glasgow and Edinburgh airports also.

Speaking today, Ryanair's Peter Sherrard said:

        'Ryanair welcomes the Competition Commission's report into its emerging
        thinking. We fully support the Competition Commission's view that:

 a. The BAA's monopoly ownership of Edinburgh and Glasgow airports has adversely
    affected competition.
 b. The BAA's monopoly ownership of Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted airports has
    adversely affected competition.
 c. The way the BAA monopoly has conducted its business has adversely affected
    competition.
 d. The inadequate regulatory regime operated by the CAA has adversely affected
    competition.

        'The recent chaos at Heathrow's Terminal 5, the continuing long passport
        and security queues at Stansted, and the 47% price increases at Gatwick
        Airport clearly proves that the BAA monopoly over the London airports is
        bad for consumers, bad for passengers and bad for UK tourism. The CAA's
        recent decision to reward the BAA's incompetence with double digit price
        increases proves again that the CAA is incapable of regulating the BAA
        monopoly in the interests of users.

        'Monopolies don't work. Competition does. Ryanair had long called for
        the break up of the BAA monopoly, because we believe that competition
        between the three London airports (Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted) would
        lead to faster delivery of additional capacity at each of these
        airports, would lead to real competition between the airports and this
        competition will result in better facilities, improved passenger service
        (and let's face it passenger service at the London airports couldn't be
        any worse) and lower costs for UK consumers and visitors.

        'The BAA airport monopoly has failed. The CAA regulatory regime has
        failed. The Competition Commission has correctly identified this failure
        and we again call on the UK Government to break up this failed airport
        monopoly and allow competition to put the interests of British consumers
        /users first. Competition works, monopolies don't'.

Ends.        Tuesday, 22nd April 2008

For reference: 

Peter Sherrard, Ryanair          Pauline McAlester, Murray Consultants

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