Who owns Buzz?
Buzz is owned by Ryanair (Ireland, Euronext Dublin: RYA).[1]
Evidence: Ryanair Holdings plc Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2026-06-22, SEC EDGAR, 22 June 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Ryanair Holdings plc verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇮🇪 Ireland, Swords
- Origin
- 🇵🇱 Poland
- Category
- Travel & transport › Airlines
- Parent ticker
- Euronext Dublin: RYA Nasdaq: RYAAY
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Buzz
Buzz is the trading name of Ryanair Sun S.A., a Polish charter and scheduled passenger airline set up by Ryanair Holdings in its fiscal 2019 and holding a Polish air operator certificate issued by the Polish Civil Aviation Authority in April 2018. The annual report lists it as one of the five wholly owned airlines of the Ryanair Group, operating Boeing 737 aircraft registered in Poland.
What Ryanair's annual report says about Buzz
Sentences about Buzz from Ryanair's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
The term "Ryanair Group" refers to the wholly owned subsidiary airlines of Ryanair Holdings, including Ryanair Sun S.A. ("Buzz"), Lauda Europe Limited ("Lauda"), Malta Air Limited, Ryanair DAC, and Ryanair UK Limited.
In FY19, the Company set up Buzz (a Polish charter and scheduled passenger airline with a Polish AOC), acquired Lauda (a Maltese wet lease provider to the Ryanair Group with a Maltese AOC), and set-up Ryanair UK (with a UK AOC).
AIRCRAFT Boeing Aircraft As of March 31, 2026, the Company had a fleet of 621 Boeing 737 aircraft which are currently operated by Buzz, Malta Air, Ryanair DAC and Ryanair UK.
How often Ryanair names Buzz in its annual report
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central.
Ownership timeline of Buzz
Where Buzz sits in Ryanair
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Ryanair
Ryanair controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 5 of them in travel & transport.
Also in travel & transport
Other brands in airlines, and who owns them
The 509 brands in airlines on Brandtree belong to 341 owners. The largest is Lufthansa Group, with 10; Ryanair has 5.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Air Dolomiti | Lufthansa Group | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| China Southern Airlines | China Southern Airlines | 🇨🇳 China |
| Air China | Air China | 🇨🇳 China |
| Aer Lingus | IAG | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| LATAM Airlines Brasil | LATAM | 🇨🇱 Chile |
| Air France | Air France-KLM | 🇫🇷 France |
| AirAsia | AirAsia X | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| Calm Air | Exchange Income | 🇨🇦 Canada |
About the owner: Ryanair
Ryanair is a publicly listed company headquartered in Swords, Ireland. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control, and it is listed as Euronext Dublin: RYA and Nasdaq: RYAAY.
Ryanair Holdings plc is an Irish public company, incorporated in 1996 as the holding company for Ryanair DAC, and registered in Swords, County Dublin. Its annual report says it has a primary listing on Euronext Dublin and American depositary shares on Nasdaq. The group runs five wholly owned airlines (Ryanair DAC, Buzz, Lauda Europe, Malta Air and Ryanair UK) with a short-haul fleet of 647 aircraft.
🇵🇱 Buzz and other Polish brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 91 brands that began in Poland. 18 of them (20%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Buzz among them.
- Enter Air — Enter Air 🇵🇱
- InPost — InPost 🇱🇺
- LOT Polish Airlines — LOT Polish Airlines 🇵🇱
- Mobilis — Egged 🇮🇱
- One by Allegro — Allegro 🇵🇱
- PKP Linia Hutnicza Szerokotorowa — PKP S.A. 🇵🇱
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Buzz?
The parent company of Buzz is Ryanair, a publicly listed company headquartered in Ireland.
Is Buzz Polish or Irish?
Buzz originated in Poland, but it is owned today by Ryanair, which is headquartered in Ireland. So Buzz is a Polish-origin brand under Irish ownership.
Is Buzz still owned by Ryanair?
Yes. As of 10 October 2026, Buzz is still owned by Ryanair. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Ryanair Holdings plc Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2026-06-22 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 20-F, published 22 June 2026; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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