LONDON, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Vodafone has secured a
seven-year technology partnership with Ryanair to handle
services including online booking, passenger boarding and
in-flight transactions for the Irish airline in Europe.
The two companies said on Wednesday they had extended an
existing partnership for Vodafone Business to support 300
Ryanair sites and some 153 million passengers across 40
countries.
As part of the agreement, the British mobile company will
help Europe's biggest budget airline to speed up the time it
takes to connect a new airport or site for use. It should also
lead to a faster turnaround of planes.
"Airline passengers will demand even more in the coming
years, and we will work alongside Ryanair to help them prepare
for the future using our full portfolio of products and
services," said Vinod Kumar, head of Vodafone Business.
Vodafone Business is the mobile operator's enterprise arm
that offers cloud IT services and the connection of unlimited
devices on its Internet of Things network for small and
multinational companies.
Vodafone Business accounted for 30% of group service revenue
in its financial year ending March 31, 2019.
(Reporting by Kate Holton; Editing by Mark Potter)
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