Aer Lingus Group plc

1 September 2015

COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT

For Immediate Release 1 September 2015 Aer Lingus Group plc ("Aer Lingus") ISE: EIL1 LSE: AERL

Director Resignations and Appointment

Dublin & London, 1 September 2015: Aer Lingus Group plc (the "Company") hereby notifies the market of (i) the resignation of each of Mr. Colm Barrington, Mr. Montie Brewer, Mr. Laurence Crowley, Ms. Emer Gilvarry, Mr. John Hartnett, Mr. Nigel Northridge, Mr. Frank O'Connor, Ms. Nicola Shaw, Mr. William Slattery and Mr. Nicolás Villén from the office of director of the Company and (ii) the appointment of Mr. William Walsh as a director of the Company. The resignations and appointment, which take effect subsequent to acquisition by International Consolidated Airlines Group, S.A., through its wholly owned subsidiary AERL Holding Limited, of a majority of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company, are effective as of the date of this announcement.

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