Ryanair Cabin Crew Salary in 2025

Ryanair (FR) is one of the world’s largest low-cost carriers, headquartered in Dublin, the capital city of Ireland. The airline, founded over 40 years ago, has pioneered the ultra-low-cost flying model around the world, largely influencing the inception of similar operators around the world. Presently, Ryanair operates to over 200 destinations with more than 600 aircraft in its fleet.

At the peak of its operations, Ryanair operates over 3,500 flights a day from over 90 bases in Europe and the United Kingdom. The airline’s largely profitable model stems from a no-frills policy in its cabins, as well as rapid turnaround times on the ground to ensure parking costs remain low. To aid its quick serviceability, Ryanair has nearly 17,000 cabin crew under its payroll.

Here is a look at how much they are paid, as well as the other benefits they enjoy during the course of their employment for the LCC.

Ryanair Cabin Crew Salary

Ryanair cabin crew are responsible for ensuring the safety of passengers on board the flight. Apart from their security-related tasks, they also provide customer service, sell meals, and ensure that an aircraft is ready for a quick turnaround between flights by ensuring a smooth deboarding and re-boarding process.

The entry-level cabin crew at Ryanair are paid a base salary starting from £21,000 per year (approx. US$27,000). The number increases depending on their total years of experience, flying hours over a particular cycle, as well as seniority within the carrier. The experienced individuals may be designated to roles such as cabin managers.

In addition to their basic salary, Ryanair’s cabin crew are also paid allowances depending on their layover destination and duration. The employees based in the European mainland are paid a salary converted from pounds sterling to euros.

Benefits enjoyed by Ryanair cabin crew

Apart from their basic salary and allowances, Ryanair cabin crew also enjoy a series of other benefits, some of which are as follows:

• FREE TRAINING – Irrespective of their experience in the role, Ryanair offers all its cabin crew an internationally-acclaimed training course free of charge. This equips them with knowledge regarding customer service and safety procedures.
• SALES BONUS – Ryanair cabin crew members are paid an uncapped sales bonus for the food and beverage sales they make on board flights. This is an added perk that mostly low-cost carriers pay to their cabin crew above their basic salary.
• STAFF TRAVEL – All cabin crew members, as well as their families and friends, are eligible to avail unlimited staff travel discounts on the airline’s entire network. There are no free tickets, however, even on a standby basis, like in the case of some other airlines.
• WORK-LIFE BALANCE – Ryanair prides itself on offering cabin crew a good work-life balance. They are rostered for five straight days, after which there are three continuous days off, more often than not at their home operating base.
• RELOCATION OPPORTUNITIES – Ryanair cabin crew members are relocating internally within the airline’s network, subject to operational requirements. The carrier has over 90 bases, which provides individuals to experience living in different cultures without switching jobs.
• CAREER PROGRESSION – The cabin crew at Ryanair has excellent internal progression opportunities. It is possible to become a cabin supervisor in just one year, while additional senior roles are also pursuable within the airline with due experience.

How to become a cabin crew at Ryanair?

Ryanair requires interested cabin crew candidates to fulfil the following requirements to pursue a role with the airline.

• Applicants must hold the unrestricted right to live and work in the EU and/or travel freely throughout the Ryanair Network
• You must be approximately between 5 “2 (157 cm) and 6” 2 (188 cm) in height.
• You must be able to swim 25 meters unaided and support someone else
• It helps if you are hardworking, flexible, and have an outgoing and friendly personality.
• Adaptable and happy to work a shift roster.
• Enjoy dealing with the public and have the ability to provide excellent customer service with a ‘can-do’ attitude.
• Comfortable speaking and writing in English with the ability to successfully pass an English Language Assessment 
• A passion for travelling and meeting new people.

Hiring Process

Ryanair follows the steps below in its hiring process for cabin crew.

1. APPLICATION – Ryanair invites applications for cabin crew roles for its bases on its careers portal online. Candidates are required to submit their resumes and other supporting documents to be considered for the roles.
2. ONLINE ASSESSMENT – All the shortlisted candidates are sent an online English assessment test to ascertain their linguistic abilities to pursue the job, as well as to ascertain communication skills with customers.
3. INTERVIEW – Depending on the online assessment, candidates are invited for an online or in-person interview, depending on their location. This is to ascertain their overall experience, knowledge, and suitability for the role with Ryanair.
4. TRAINING – All those who clear the interview are invited to take up the airline’s training course, which is fully paid. They are educated regarding the Boeing 737 family of aircraft, its safety features, and the customer service level that which crew is expected to provide.

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