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Staff numbers and costs (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2022
Staff numbers and costs  
Schedule of average weekly number of staff, including executive director

Year ended

March 31, 

     

2022

     

2021

     

2020

Flight and cabin crew

 

15,289

 

13,806

 

15,653

Sales, operations, management and administration

 

1,958

 

1,896

 

2,289

Average

 

17,247

 

15,702

 

17,942

Schedule of aggregate payroll costs

The aggregate payroll costs of these persons were as follows:

Year ended

March 31, 

     

2022

     

2021

     

2020

€M

€M

€M

Staff and related costs

 

641.1

 

438.4

 

1,039.4

Social welfare costs

 

32.5

 

25.0

 

47.5

Other pension costs (a)

 

7.9

 

5.2

 

13.0

Share based payments (b)

 

8.6

 

3.6

 

7.0

 

690.1

 

472.2

 

1,106.9

(a)Costs in respect of defined-contribution benefit plans and other pension arrangements were €8m in 2022 (2021: €5m; 2020: €13m).

(b)In the year ended March 31, 2022 the charge in the income statement of €9m for share based compensation comprises a charge for the fair value of various share options granted in prior periods and conditional shares granted under LTIP 2019 in fiscal year 2022, which are being recognized in the income statement in accordance with services rendered.