Ryanair Grad Programme 2026

We have grad programmes across the business where you will get the chance to rotate across teams (and our network) in your preferred dept allowing you to gain transferable skills and a deep understanding of Ryanair, to set you up on a career path to the skies!

Across the 2 year programme, our grads will get mentorship from our leadership team, will be part of a structured programme with trips, tips and insights into Europe’s largest airline which will allow you to develop while we grow to be The World’s Largest Airline

The programmes include:

• People: Our People grads will work across key areas in the People Dept including HR, Talent Acquisition, Internal Comms and HRIS supporting the teams recruiting all our staff, leading negotiations with unions and ensuring our network of people are supported in their roles.
• Operations: With over 3,700 flights per day smooth, efficient operations is key to our success. The Ops grads will work across areas including Flight Ops, Ground Ops, and Safety ensuring industry leading OTP and efficient turnarounds that our competitors can only dream of.
• Commercial: The Money Makers! Commercial Grads work on teams planning new routes, scheduling these as efficiently as possible, ensuring the flights make as much money as possible and keeping on top of our commercial performance so we stay on track to 300m guests in the next 10 years.
• Sales & Marketing: The Sales & Marketing grads are much more than the famous Tik Tok ‘Plane Face’, they also work closely with our PR, Brand Teams and CRM / Market Intelligence teams. 
• Customer Service: With 206m guests and growing, CS Grads will rotate across our CS Ops, Legal and Digital teams to deliver a seamless service with the unique opportunity to work in either our Madrid and Warsaw.
• Retail: Our Retail team are responsible for the 600+ ‘shops in the sky’ with our grads undertaking two rotations ensuring that the trolleys are stocked with only the best products. 
• Legal: Legal Grads get insights across the entire dept, whether that is defending Ryanair Group at national and European level or taking care of legal, regulatory and public affairs.
• Inflight: Inflight Grads support the cabin crew whether thats in training, crew planning, processing their pay and supporting their needs.

Application Process

Motivation is key for Ryanair, we want to hear from Grads who have a genuine interest in working here. Please put in your preferences as to which dept you’re keen to work in the most, but our Recruiters will review your application and may reach out if they feel you are more suitable for other depts.

Applications will remain open until 31st January 2026. We recommend getting your application in earlier as like our aircraft we like to be on-time! Everyone we hire needs to show the skills and behaviours that have helped us to achieve our growth over the last 40 years and we expect candidates to demonstrate a hardworking and entrepreneurial spirit during the interview process.

If we decide to progress your application you will be invited for a phone call (if an Irish number is calling, make sure you answer), followed by an online interview. As part of the process, all grads must come to Dublin for a Face-to-Face interview.

In the questions please state why you want to join the Ryanair Grad Programme and let us know about which areas that you are particularly interested in working in, we get thousands of applications so this is your sales pitch!