Ryanair's business is "booming and getting boomier" with no sign of European consumers tightening their belts when it comes to travel, Group Chief Executive Michael O'Leary said on Wednesday.

"I am surprised at the strength of spending in the European economy at the moment," O'Leary told a Bloomberg conference near Dublin.

"There is full employment, people are getting paid every month and they are spending - they are certainly spending on travel," said O'Leary, whose airline is Europe's largest by passenger numbers. (Writing by Conor Humphries Editing by David Goodman )