in 1986 he became the manager of northern international airways , a business in when ryanair had bought an 85 % stake . this position , nevertheless , quickly ended as the carrier became ryanair uk and was then fused entirely with klm . over the next decade , cathal performed both on the board board of the business and as a pilot , although he resigned from the latter by 1996 . he worked with frills until abandoning the board 2002 , by the day he was a multi - millionaire referring to the expansion of the airline .
Ryan was Cathal's father.