The news comes as the airline published a report outlining its contribution to the Irish economy over the past 35 years.
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Ryanair, Ireland’s largest airline, today celebrated its unmatched contribution to Ireland’s economy over the past 35 years, publishing an independent report prepared by international consultants PwC, which shows that Ryanair is one of Ireland’s largest contributors to economic growth and development since 1985 as follows;
• Ryanair and its guests spend over €1.5bn p.a. in Irish economy.
• Ryanair supports over 26,000 Irish jobs annually.
• Ryanair operates 200 routes from 7 Irish airports, carrying 20m passengers p.a.
• Ryanair has flown over 230m passengers to/from Ireland since 1985.
• Ryanair has recovered faster from Covid than any other EU airline.
• Ryanair has delivered 15% growth (over pre-Covid numbers) in Ireland in S22.
At today’s launch of the PwC Report, quantifying Ryanair’s contribution to Ireland’s economy over the last 35 years, Ryanair’s CEO Eddie Wilson laid out exciting growth plans for the next decade which include:
• Investing over €20bn in new technology aircraft, with 210 new B737 Gamechanger ordered.
• Opening a new €50m training centre for pilots and cabin crew in Santry.
• Opening a €8m new engineering excellence centre in Dublin.
• Investing €10m in a 3-bay maintenance Hangar in Shannon, creating over 200 new jobs in Clare.
• Growing Ryanair Labs from 600 to 1,000 high tech dev. jobs over the next 5 years.
• Growing traffic to/from Ireland by 50% from 20m to 30m passengers p.a. by 2030.
• Creating more than 2,000 new jobs for pilots, cabin crew, engineers, and IT developers in Ireland by 2030.
Ryanair DAC’s CEO, Eddie Wilson said: “Today’s PwC Report quantifies the enormous contribution made by Ryanair, our people, and our passengers to the Irish economy over the last 35 years. Ryanair has been one of Ireland’s most important indigenous success stories since first founded by the Ryan family in 1985.
"From very modest beginnings in Waterford, Ryanair has grown to become Europe’s largest airline, and the world’s number 5 airline by passenger volumes. However, we are now embarking on a new decade of growth and investment here in Ireland.
"In partnership with our main airport partners at Dublin, Cork, Shannon, and Belfast, Ryanair plans to grow Irish traffic from 20m to 30m p.a. over the next decade. These new guests will travel on a fleet of environmentally efficient B737 Gamechanger aircraft, which cuts fuel and CO2 emissions by 16%, and lowers noise by 40%. ■