Directorate Change

RNS Number:5554Z
Excel Airways Group PLC
08 June 2004


For Immediate Release                                                8 June 2004



                            EXCEL AIRWAYS GROUP PLC

                          ('Excel' or the 'Company')

                             Directors' Appointment


Excel, the AIM listed UK charter airline servicing independent tour operators,
is pleased to announce  that Hafthor Hafsteinsson and Magnus Thornsteinsson have
today been appointed as Non-Executive directors of the Company.



The following information is provided in accordance with the AIM Rules:



Hafthor Hafsteinsson (aged 38) is currently a director of Aviaservices Ltd, Air
Atlanta Aero Engineering Ltd (Shannon MRO) and Islandsflug Ltd.  In the last
five years he has been a director of Icelandic Aviation Academy and Air Atlanta
Europe Ltd.



Magnus Thornsteinsson (aged 43) is currently the chairman of Air Atlanta Europe
and a director of Aviaservices Ltd and has not held any other directorships in
the previous five years.

In addition, neither Hafthor Hafsteinsson nor Magnus Thornsteinsson:



1.                   have any unspent convictions in relation to indictable
offences;



2.                   have been declared bankrupt or entered into any individual
voluntary arrangements with their respective creditors;



3.                   have been directors of any company which has been placed in
receivership, liquidation, administration, been subject to a voluntary
arrangement or any composition or arrangement with its creditors generally or
any class of its creditors whilst either one of them was a director of that
company or within the twelve months after he ceased to be a director of that
company;



4.                   have been partners of any partnership at the time of or
within 12 months preceding any compulsory liquidation, administration or
partnership voluntary arrangements of such partnership;



5.                   have been partners of any partnership at the time of or
within 12 months preceding a receivership of any assets of such partnership;



6.                   have had any of their assets subject to any receivership;
or



7.                   have been the subject of any public criticism by statutory
or regulatory authorities or have ever been disqualified by a court from acting
as a director of a company or from acting in the management or conduct of the
affairs of any company.



For further information, please contact:

Buchanan Communications                               020 7466 5000
Richard Darby, Suzanne Brocks







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