Ryanair, Europe’s No. 1 airline, today (8 Dec) announced that it will end its GDS partnership with Amadeus on 15 December next after both parties were unable to reach a renewed commercial agreement.
Ryanair will continue to service travel agents through its GDS partnerships with Travelport and Sabre whose commercial agreements remain unchanged.
Ryanair’s Kenny Jacobs said:
“Our distribution partnership with Amadeus, which has been in place since September 2014, will end on 15 December next after a new commercial agreement could not be reached. We wish Amadeus well and thank them for their support during our successful GDS partnership. We will continue to work together through our use of the Navitaire platform, an Amadeus company.
Customers should rest assured that this cessation with have no impact whatsoever on access to Ryanair’s low fares, which are still, and will continue to be, available to book directly on Ryanair.com, the world’s largest airline website.”
Emer Daly Becomes Non-Executive Director
Kyran Mclaughlin Becomes Senior Independent Director
The Board of Ryanair Holdings Plc today (6 Dec) announced that Ms Emer Daly who is currently Board Chairman at RSA Insurance Ireland DAC, is a Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit Committee of Permanent TSB Group Holdings plc and of Chetwood Financial Limited, and who previously served as a Director of Payzone Plc and held senior roles with PricewaterhouseCoopers and AXA Insurance for over 20 years, has today joined the Board of Ryanair as a Non-Executive Director and a member of the Audit Committee.
Ryanair also announced the appointment today of Mr Kyran McLaughlin as Senior Independent Director of Ryanair Holdings Plc. Kyran has served as a non-executive director of Ryanair since Jan 2001, and is Deputy Chairman and Head of Capital Markets at Davy Stockbrokers.
Ryanair’s Chairman David Bonderman said:
“We are pleased to welcome Emer Daly to the Board of Ryanair. Given Emer’s vast experience and skills in accounting and risk management she will, I believe, be a significant and valuable addition to our Board and its Audit Committee. Emer has joined the Board, and she will put herself forward for approval by shareholders at our AGM in September 2018.
We are also pleased to announce the appointment of Kyran McLaughlin as Senior Independent Director of Ryanair.
I very much look forward to working with both Emer and Kyran to continue to grow Ryanair safely and profitably in the best interests of our customers, our people and our shareholders.”
Ryanair, Europe’s favourite low fares airline, today (4 Dec) made a €50,000 donation to the UK charity Naomi House & Jacksplace, the latest in a series of charities to receive support from Ryanair’s “Fly to Win” scratchcards.
Ryanair’s €50,000 donation, from the proceeds of the sale of Ryanair scratch cards, is the largest single Ryanair scratchcard donation made in the UK. Ryanair’s scratchcards are very popular with customers who can win prizes of cash, luxury cars, or scoop a cool €1 million – all for a stake of just €2, which funds numerous charity donations across the UK and Europe.
Naomi House & Jacksplace cares for life-limited children, young people and their families from across the South of England, offering respite, emergency, end of life and bereavement care.
Ryanair’s Head of Retail Aoife Greene said:
“Ryanair is delighted to support Naomi House and Jacksplace, which does so much to help children with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions, and their families. Over the past four years we have seen first-hand the incredible work that they do, and are delighted to partner with them again as one of our preferred charities for 2018. The hospice is one of many charities across Europe to receive ongoing donations from Ryanair’s scratchcards, where customers can win some fantastic prizes while helping out many great causes.”
Naomi House & Jacksplace Head of Fundraising Paul Morgan said:
“Ryanair have supported us for some years but the enormity of this most recent donation really came out of the blue. Everyone at the hospices are talking about it and we are extremely grateful to Ryanair for this serious boost to our fundraising efforts and ability to offer care on good days, difficult days and last days.”
Last Minute €9.99 December Getaway Sale Launched
Ryanair, Europe’s No. 1 airline, today (29 Nov) announced record website visits and bookings during its ‘Black Friday’ week-long sale, which offered customers 7 consecutive days of fantastic offers on the Ryanair.com website.
Tuesday, 21st November saw the biggest ever day of bookings – beating the previous record of 9th January this year – with over 5 million visits to the Ryanair.com website. Some of the most popular destinations for customers included city breaks to Madrid, Milan and Porto and last-minute sun holidays to Alicante and Malaga.
Ryanair customers can enjoy more low fares, an even better customer experience and the latest “Always Getting Better” improvements including:
- a personalised Ryanair.com website
- a new Ryanair Rooms website
- Ryanair Tickets (concerts and theatre)
- Apple Pay integration
- long haul Air Europa flights on sale on Ryanair.com
- a new partnership with the Erasmus Student Network.
Ryanair celebrated its record bookings by launching a December sale, offering last-minute getaways at prices starting from just €9.99 for travel in December, with more than 100,000 seats on over 550 routes, available for booking until midnight Wednesday (29 Nov).
Ryanair’s Kenny Jacobs said:
“We are pleased to announce record visits and bookings during our week-long ‘Black Friday’ sale. Last Tuesday was our busiest ever day for bookings, with over 5 million visits to the Ryanair.com website, reflecting the continued demand for our low fares and even greater choice of destinations on offer.
It’s not too late to book a last-minute winter break and to celebrate our record bookings, we are releasing 100,000 seats for sale from just €9.99 for travel in December, which are available for booking until midnight Wednesday (29 Nov). Since these amazing low prices will be snapped up quickly, customers should log onto www.ryanair.com and avoid missing out.”
Ryanair, Europe’s No.1 airline, today (Fri, 24 Nov) launched a 3 day ‘Black Friday’ promotion, offering customers fantastic sales on the Ryanair.com website.
Customers can avail of up to 20% off 5 million seats for travel from December to April, which must be booked by midnight Sunday (24:00hrs). Customers should log on to Ryanair.com before the weekend is out for the last chance to bag a ‘Black Friday’ offer.
Ryanair’s Robin Kiely said:
“We have up to 20% off 5 million seats for travel from December to April, which are only available until midnight Sunday. Customers should log on to Ryanair.com to bag a bargain today or this weekend to avoid missing out!
As part of our ‘Black Friday’ promotion, we’ll also run a 20% discount on all bags booked before midnight Sunday, ensuring even more savings for our customers.”
7 Days Of Massive Sales On Ryanair.Com
Ryanair, Europe’s No.1 airline, today (Thu, 23 Nov) launched day 4 of its week-long ‘Black Friday’ promotion, offering customers 7 consecutive days of fantastic sales on the Ryanair.com website.
Customers can now book 500,000 seats from just £9.99 for travel from December to April, which must be booked by midnight tonight (24:00hrs Thursday). Customers should keep an eye on Ryanair.com for the latest daily offers – where the lowest fares in Europe are about to get even lower.
Ryanair’s Robin Kiely said:
“Today we have 500,000 seats from just £9.99 for travel from December to April, which are only available until midnight tonight. Customers should log on to Ryanair.com to bag a bargain today – and look out for even more massive savings every day this week.
We have 7 days of amazing deals on the Ryanair.com website, offering customers the lowest fares in Europe, with even bigger savings.
As part of our ‘Black Friday’ promotion, we’ll also run a 20% discount on all bags booked this week, ensuring even more savings for our customers.”
Ryanair, Italy’s No. 1 airline, today (22 Nov) extended its connecting flights service at Milan Bergamo Airport, adding a further 31 routes including Budapest, Lisbon and Ibiza providing Ryanair customers with an expanded route choice of 131 connecting services in total, and the opportunity to book and transfer directly onto connecting Ryanair flights.
Following the successful launch of this service in July, Ryanair customers can now:
- Book connecting flights on 131 routes via Milan Bergamo on Ryanair.com
- Transfer ‘airside’ between connecting flights without having to go ‘landside’
- Have their checked-in baggage transferred through to their final destination
- Use one booking reference for both flights
- Travel to a wider range of destinations across Europe including:
| From (new routes) |
New Destinations |
| Budapest |
Brindisi, Cagliari, Pescara |
| Hamburg |
Naples, Lamezia |
| Ibiza |
Brindisi, Bari, Cagliari, Catania, Naples, Palermo, Pescara, Lamezia |
| Krakow |
Palermo |
| Lisbon |
Cagliari, Palermo, Lamezia |
| Prague |
Valencia |
| Thessaloniki |
Bari, Malta, Palermo, Lamezia |
| Valencia |
Bremen, Lamezia, Prague |
| Zaragoza |
Naples, Lamezia |
This extended connecting flights service is the latest initiative delivered under Year 4 of Ryanair’s “Always Getting Better” programme, with more connections to be rolled out across the Ryanair network later this year.
Ryanair’s Chief Commercial Officer David O’Brien said:
“Ryanair is pleased to extend our connecting flights service at Milan Bergamo Airport with another 31 routes added, including services to/from Budapest, Lisbon and Ibiza, offering our customers even more low fare choice with 131 connecting routes in total (potentially rising to 300). These new connections make regional Italy more accessible for European customers in advance of developing more direct routes to the regions in the coming years. Customers flying on these routes will be able to transfer onto their next flight at Milan Bergamo without having to go landside, and will have their bags checked through to their final destination.
This connecting flights service, delivered under Year 4 of our “Always Getting Better” programme, is now available on 131 routes, as well as 10 routes via Rome Fiumicino Airport. In addition, Ryanair.com, the world’s most visited airline website, also sells 20 long haul Air Europa routes to North and South America.
To celebrate our extended connecting flights service, we are releasing seats for sale from just £9.99 for travel until the end of January, which are available for booking until midnight Friday (24 Nov). Since these amazing low fares will be snapped up quickly, customers should log onto www.ryanair.com and avoid missing out.”
