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Ryanair Signs Five-Year Google Cloud AI Partnership

Ryanair says the deal will deploy Gemini Enterprise plus DeepMind models to automate crew scheduling, support maintenance, boost infrastructure resilience as it scales toward 300 million passengers by 2034.

Overview

  • Ryanair, which announced the five-year agreement on Wednesday, will deploy Google Cloud’s Gemini Enterprise and DeepMind models across its operations and roll Google Workspace out to about 35,000 employees.
  • The airline plans to build custom AI agents with Gemini Enterprise to automate decision-making, optimise crew scheduling and cut disruption for flights.
  • Ryanair will use DeepMind tools such as AlphaEvolve for optimisation and WeatherNext for weather-driven planning to support fleet operations and maintenance scheduling.
  • The deal adds Google Cloud to Ryanair’s existing Amazon Web Services setup as a dual-cloud strategy to reduce the risk of outages, while financial terms and detailed deployment timelines were not disclosed.
  • The partnership follows a wider industry push to use AI in operations and maintenance and is presented as infrastructure and productivity support for Ryanair’s goal of carrying 300 million passengers a year by 2034.