Ryanair reaches 5-year deal with pilot unions in France, Spain

MADRID -Irish airline Ryanair said on Thursday it reached a five-year agreement with labour unions representing pilots in France and in Spain to improve work conditions.

The agreements, ratified by both parties on Monday, include a return to pre-COVID salaries and “allow wage improvements and other benefits beyond the full return to salaries for Ryanair pilots based in France and in Spain,” the airline said in a statement.

Spanish pilot union SEPLA said details still have to be ironed out before a final labour agreement is signed.

(Reporting by Inti Landauro and Christina Thykjaer. Editing by Emma Pinedo, Kirsten Donovan)