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Staff numbers and costs | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2020
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Staff numbers and costs | 21. Staff numbers and costs The average weekly number of staff, including the Executive Director, during the year, analyzed by category, was as follows:
|  | Year ended |  | Year ended |  | Year ended
|  | March 31, |  | March 31, |  | March 31,
|  | 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Flight and cabin crew |  | 15,653 |  | 13,911 |  | 12,334
Sales, operations, management and administration |  | 2,289 |  | 2,027 |  | 1,469
Average |  | 17,942 |  | 15,938 |  | 13,803
At March 31, 2020 the Company had a team of 17,268 aviation professionals (2019:16,840, 2018: 14,583).
The aggregate payroll costs of these persons were as follows: |  | Year ended |  | Year ended |  | Year ended
|  | March 31, |  | March 31, |  | March 31,
|  | 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
|  | €M |  | €M |  | €M
Staff and related costs |  | 1,039.4 |  | 929.2 |  | 701.5
Social welfare costs |  | 47.5 |  | 38.5 |  | 24.8
Other pension costs (a) |  | 13.0 |  | 8.6 |  | 5.8
Share based payments (b) |  | 7.0 |  | 7.7 |  | 6.4
|  | 1,106.9 |  | 984.0 |  | 738.5
| (a) |  | Costs in respect of defined-contribution benefit plans and other pension arrangements (including Lauda) were €13m in 2020 (2019: €9m; 2018: €6m).
| (b) |  | In the year ended March 31, 2020 the charge in the income statement of €7m for share based compensation comprises a charge for the fair value of various share options granted in prior periods, which are being recognized in the income statement in accordance with services rendered.

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