Ryanair has reached a pay agreement with its UK-based cabin crew.
The airline has agreed and signed a new collective agreement with the Unite trade union, which delivers accelerated pay restoration, upfront and annual pay increases, a significant restructuring of pay to deliver more guaranteed earnings and other pay and benefit improvements for all of Ryanair’s UK-based cabin crew until 2026.
Ryanair is currently recruiting for new cabin crew in the UK as it creates over 2,500 new jobs and grows to 225 million passengers, there, by 2026.
Under this new Unite agreement, Ryanair said cabin crew will benefit from competitive starting pay and a fixed five days on, three days off roster, which delivers “unrivalled work life balance – equivalent to a public holiday every week – in an exciting role that lets you travel Europe meeting new people every day.”
A core feature of this new agreement is a clear career path, helping crew to rapidly secure promotions to senior cabin supervisor and training roles as the airline grows, it said.
Ryanair’s People Director, Darrell Hughes, said: “This long-term agreement delivers stability, pay improvements, future pay increases, promotions and other benefit improvements for our cabin crew in the UK over the next 3 years, where we are currently recruiting for new cabin crew to support our continued growth to 225 million passengers by 2026.
“We continue to work with our crew and their unions across Europe on new agreements, similar to those concluded with Unite in the UK, CCOO in Spain and SNPNC-FO in France this week. We have already successfully negotiated improved long-term agreements this summer with over 85% of our Pilots, and over 90% of our Cabin Crew, as we prioritise post-Covid pay improvements,” he said.
