Originally Posted by
vectisman
Partly because Ryanair is an Irish airline and therefore not affected by the Brexit shambles!
It can also recruit staff from across all EU countries.
Easyjet also has an EU arm and it’s still suffering, as is TUI. The airport mess is also ongoing in Dublin, Amsterdam and Stockholm where they can all recruit as many EU nationals as they want.
Ryanair didn’t reduce their services as much during the pandemic so I assume they still had more staff and they planned ahead. From the start they said they would be operating most flights and have had record months this year (beating equivalent pre-pandemic months) so they can clearly handle their increased demand.