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Ryanair Holdings

Company · Transport & automotive · HQ: Ireland · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, Ryanair Holdings appears in 65 declared MEP meetings (44 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

65
declared meetings
with current MEPs
44
MEPs met
€300k/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
2.5
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Ryanair Holdings plc, Europe’s largest airline group, is the parent company of Buzz, Lauda, Malta Air, Ryanair & Ryanair UK. Carrying up to 182m guests p.a.”

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“on over 3,600 daily flights from 95 bases, the Group connects over 250 airports in 40 countries on a fleet of almost 600 aircraft, with over 350 Boeing 737s on order, which will enable the Ryanair Group to grow traffic to 300m p.a. by FY34. Ryanair has a team of over 25,000 highly skilled aviation professionals delivering Europe’s No.1 operational performance, and an industry leading 38-year safety record. Ryanair is one of the most efficient major EU airlines. With a young fleet and high load factors, Ryanair’s CO2 per pax/km is just 66 grams.”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 65 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party2742%
Socialists & Democrats1625%
Renew Europe1523%
European Conservatives & Reformists58%
Greens/EFA12%
The Left12%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2020–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (25 in 2024). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2020
1
2021
2
2022
4
2023
2
2024
25
2025
16
2026
15

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

Jan-Christoph Oetjen
7 meetings · Renew
Jens Gieseke
6 meetings · EPP
Andrey Novakov
3 meetings · EPP
Borja Giménez Larraz
2 meetings · EPP
Alex Agius Saliba
2 meetings · S&D

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
13 Oct 2026Kosma ZłotowskiMultimodal journeys
6 Oct 2026Ruggero RazzaIncontro conoscitivo
30 Jun 2026Fernando Navarrete RojasLegal tender of cash
23 Jun 2026Oliver SchenkUmwelt- und Klimapolitik in der EU / ETS
12 Jun 2026Jens GiesekeAviation policy
16 Apr 2026Elissavet Vozemberg-VrionidiAir Traffic Management and Air Passenger Rights
15 Apr 2026Daniel AttardAviation and its impact on Tourism
9 Apr 2026Billy KelleherDigital Euro
26 Mar 2026Jan-Christoph OetjenCompetitiveness of German/EU airlines
26 Mar 2026Norbert LinsWett­be­werbs­fä­hig­keit Luftverkehr in der EU
25 Mar 2026Michalis HadjipantelaRegulation on the legal tender of euro banknotes and coins
25 Mar 2026Jens GiesekeAviation sector
23 Feb 2026Nikos PapandreouDigital Euro
5 Feb 2026Borja Giménez LarrazAir passengers rights
4 Feb 2026Gilles BoyerLegal Tender

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