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.