Posting of Offer Document

RNS Number:8018E
Excel Airways Group PLC
03 November 2004


For Immediate Release                                          3 November 2004



                     Unconditional Mandatory Cash Offer by

                      KBC Peel Hunt Ltd ("KBC Peel Hunt")

                                      and

          Landsbanki - The National Bank of Iceland Ltd ("Landsbanki")

                                  on behalf of

    Flugfelagid Atlanta HF, trading as Air Atlanta Icelandic ("Air Atlanta")

                                      for

                        Excel Airways Group plc ("Excel")


                           POSTING OF OFFER DOCUMENT


The Board of Excel Airways Group Plc announces the posting today to Excel
Shareholders of the document setting out the offer by KBC Peel Hunt and
Landsbanki on behalf of Air Atlanta, to acquire the whole of the issued share
capital of Excel not already owned by Air Atlanta or its wholly owned subsidiary
X Aile Holding Limited.


Enquires:


Buchanan Communications
Suzanne Brocks                                            0207 466 5000

KBC Peel Hunt
Julian Blunt/
Matt Goode                                                020 7418 8900

Landsbanki
Baldur Stefansson                                         00 354 820 6584
Stefan Bjarnason                                          00 354 820 6362

Air Atlanta
Hafthor Hafsteinsson                                      00 354 895 7707


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