Ryanair has appointed the former chief executive of the Irish Aviation Authority, Eamonn Brennan, to its board as a non-executive director.
The airline also said that it has appointed former Austrian politician Elisabeth Köstinger to its board with the two appointments effective from April 1.
Mr Brennan was more recently the Director General of Eurocontrol from 2018 until last year and Ryanair said he has has been a central figure in European aviation over the past five years.
Ryanair Chairman Stan McCarthy said the airline was pleased that Ms Köstinger and Mr Brennan had accepted the invitation to join the Board of Ryanair Holdings.
"Elisabeth brings significant political, environmental and business experience, and is our first Continental European Board Member since 2013. Eamonn brings enormous aviation expertise to the Board as former CEO of the Irish Aviation Authority and DG of Eurocontrol," Mr McCarthy said.
"We look forward to both Elisabeth and Eamonn making a significant contribution to our Board, as we develop our strategy for growth of low fare services across Europe for the next decade," he added.
Earlier this month, Ryanair launched a petition aimed at getting one million signatures from passengers in order to force the European Commission to take action to prevent further disruption from French air traffic control strikes.
The airline says the EU needs to take steps to ensure overflights of France are allowed during French ATC strikes, in order to guarantee the fundamental freedom of movement.
Ryanair said the EU Commission could mandate for overflights and manage then through European air traffic control body Eurocontrol.
