DUBLIN, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Ryanair has experienced a "sea change" in its confidence in recent weeks thanks to a perceived mindset change among consumers about the risks of COVID-19, a senior executive said on Thursday.

"There is a sea change, based on what we believe will be customer confidence and the timing of the peaking of (the) Omicron ," Eddie Wilson, chief executive at Ryanair DAC, the largest airline in the Ryanair Group, told Reuters. (Reporting by Conor Humphries Editing by David Goodman )