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Victoria Moores - ATW

Ryanair has struck a new five-year pay deal, spanning pilots across its network of 76 bases, and is now working to secure a cabin crew deal.

The pilots’ agreement includes annual pay and allowance increases over the next four years, along with improved rostering, promotion opportunities and better sickness benefits.

“Having this year completed five year pay deals for all of our 76 pilot bases, we are now rolling this process out to our cabin crew bases, starting with the two largest at Dublin and Stansted, where we have now negotiated improved pay and better roster deal for our cabin crew. We will now roll this process out to the 74 other cabin crew bases across Europe,” Ryanair said.

The cabin crew agreements at Dublin and Stansted, which also include pay increases and rapid promotion opportunities, were backed by 90% of staff in a secret ballot.

“Our customers have never been disrupted by a strike by Ryanair people. This is a record unmatched by any other European airline, and we trust that with these new improved 5 year pay deals, we can maintain that successful record until at least 2020,” Ryanair chief people officer Eddie Wilson said.

The deals were announced following Ryanair’s annual European Works Council (EWC) meeting in Dublin.

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