Directorate Change

    FINAL

                     * ebookers further strengthens Board -                    
   
  Managing Director of Manchester United plc appointed Non-Executive Director  

8 April 2003: - ebookers plc, the pan-European online travel agency (LSE: EBR,
Nasdaq: EBKR), announces the appointment made yesterday of David Gill to its
Board, as a Non-Executive Director.

Mr Gill, 45, is Group Managing Director of Manchester United plc, responsible
for operations ranging from sponsorship and marketing, to business development
and financial services. He joined Manchester United as Finance Director in
1997. He was appointed Deputy Chief Executive in August 2000 and was promoted
to Group Managing Director in July 2001.

Previously Mr Gill was Finance Director of First Choice Holidays plc, the tour
operator, and Proudfoot plc, the worldwide management consultancy.

David Gill qualified as a chartered accountant with Price Waterhouse in 1981.
In 1986 he joined the BOC Group in its corporate finance department and then
Avis Europe in 1990.

Disclosure Director's Details

In conjunction with the announcement made today of the appointment of David
Gill to ebookers plc's Board of Directors on 7 April 2003 we hereby confirm the
following as required by Listing Rules 6.F.2(a) to (g):

Directorships held in publicly quoted companies in the five years prior to
appointment:

Current Directorships:

Manchester United PLC. Company No. 2570509. Date of appointment 07/02/97

Former Directorships:

None

There are no further details to be disclosed that may otherwise have been
required by paragraphs 6.F.2(b) to (g) and 16.4(a)of the Listing Rules.

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For further information:

ebookers plc

Oliver Strong [phone]

[e-mail] [phone]

Cubitt Consulting (UK)

Peter Ogden [phone]

[e-mail]

About ebookers plc

ebookers is a leading pan-European online travel agency with websites in 11
European countries - UK, France, Ireland, Germany, Spain, Holland, Switzerland,
Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Finland. It specialises in the mid- and long-haul
modular leisure segments of the European travel industry. It also specialises
in selling discount merchant fares, which are negotiated directly with leading
travel suppliers in order to help them sell their excess capacity without
damaging their pricing structure and brands. ebookers has a low-cost BPO
facility in New Delhi, India with a staff of over 400, which carries out 14
separate functions from email sales to software development. The Company has a
multi brand marketing strategy. Its brands include ebookers.com, Flightbookers,
Travelbag, Travelbag Adventures Bridge the World, and MrJet. ebookers plc is
listed on the London Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq in the United States of
America.

Forward Looking Statements

Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed
in this news release are forward-looking statements that involve risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those
in such forward looking statements. Potential risks and uncertainties include,
without limitation, the company's ability to identify, acquire and integrate
its potential subsidiaries across Europe, its ability to significantly increase
its online revenues and sales volumes, to maintain and develop relationships
with travel suppliers and strategic partners and to attract and retain
customers, potential adverse changes in its gross mark up or in commission
rates, unforeseen events affecting the travel industry, and the company's
dependence on its ability to establish its brand. The foregoing list of
important factors is not exhaustive. When relying on forward-looking
statements, readers should carefully consider the foregoing factors and other
uncertainties and events, as well as factors described in documents ebookers
plc files from time to time with regulatory authorities in the United Kingdom
and the United States, including annual reports on Form 20-F filed with the US
Securities and Exchange Commission. Any forward-looking statements speak only
as of the date on which they are made and except as required by the rules of
the UK Listing Authority, the London Stock Exchange the Nasdaq National Market
and applicable law, ebookers plc undertakes no obligation to update publicly or
revise any forward-looking statements.



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