Ryanair has signed a collective labour agreement (CLA) with the three main cabin crew unions in Italy.
The CLA, which will be governed by Italian law and the Italian courts, will run for three years from October 1.
Cabin crew will benefit from increased pay under a new structure, get increased tax-free allowances similar to those offered to crew employed by other airlines and have immediate access to Italian benefits such as maternity and paternity leave.
The move follows recent cabin crew agreements in Ireland with FORSA and in the UK with UNITE.
Ryanair chief people officer Eddie Wilson said the agreement will ‘lead to significant pay improvements and other benefits’.
He added: "This is a further sign of the significant progress Ryanair is making in reaching agreements with our people and their unions in different EU countries, and disproves false claims made by smaller unions not involved in these negotiations, and who are threatening strikes, which will either not take place or be unsuccessful.
"We have again invited our German, Portuguese and Spanish unions to meet with us so that we can negotiate and hopefully agree similar CLAs in these other larger markets."
