Ryanair hires 140 construction workers for headquarters

Ryanair has taken on 140 construction workers to fit out its new offices in Airside Business Park in Swords, which will become the company’s new headquarters.

The tender for the extensive work went to John Paul Construction who will be responsible to for fitting out the 100,000sq ft building that will house all of Ryanair’s Irish operations, including its commercial, customer service, finance, IT, legal and marketing departments.

Ryanair’s spokesperson Robin Kiely said that there would be large cost saving by moving all of Ryanair’s staff in under one roof.

“This brand new 100,000sq ft state-of-the-art building will house all of Ryanair’s Irish operations and some 400 staff will be based there when we complete our move before the end of 2013. This is a significant investment by Ryanair, allowing us the space and facilities to further develop our Dublin organisation, at much lower costs than the high rents on the Dublin Airport campus and allowing other staff currently housed in satellite offices to be brought together under one roof, resulting in a large reduction in rental expenses and further cost savings,” he said.

Despite the rapid expansion of Ryanair which has seen passenger numbers increase by 2% to 7.96 million people in June, Ryanair is still not big enough to fill its new premises. The low cost airline is offering up to half (approx. 50,000 sq ft) of this building for rent to other high profile multinational companies who are looking for high-spec office.

Ryanair will still maintain a presence in Dublin airport to facilitate their pilots and crew.