Ryanair has reached an agreement with The British Air Line Pilots’ Association (BALPA), where the airline has pledged to pay restoration for its UK staff. British pilots are also set to receive additional benefits, such as a salary increase, until 2026.
“While the recovery from the impact of the pandemic is still ongoing and our industry faces significant challenges, this long-term agreement delivers stability, accelerated pay restoration, future pay increases and other benefit improvements for our UK pilots,” said Ryanair’s people director Darrell Hughes.
“While 100 per cent of our pilots across our European network are covered by 2020 Emergency Agreements, we continue to work with our pilots and their unions on new deals, similar to this one concluded with BALPA, and have successfully re-negotiated improved long-term agreements with 70 per cent of our pilots, running until 2026 or 2027 as we prioritise pay restoration.”