Ryanair, one of the world's largest airlines,
has decided to move its infrastructure to Amazon Web Services
(AWS) and close the vast majority of its datacenters over the next
three years.
The airline already runs
several core production workloads on AWS, such as Ryanair Rooms
and Ryanair.com, and is building a company-wide data lake on
Amazon S3, leveraging Amazon Kinesis to gain deeper insights from
customer and business data.
Ryanair is rebuilding and transforming
legacy systems into cloud-based, innovative customer travel
services by standardizing on various AWS services, including AWS
databases, analytics, machine learning, and deep learning
services.
Ryanair is
also working with the AWS ML Solutions Lab to create an application
that enables the company to automatically detect surges in demand
for flight segments and anticipate schedule changes.
In addition,
by migrating from Microsoft SQL Server to Amazon Aurora, Ryanair
can run one of the largest email marketing campaigns in Europe, sending out 22
million emails daily to customers about travel bookings or sales
events.
“We’ve chosen to work with the world’s leading cloud
to develop and deliver services that will transform our customers’
travel experiences. By rebuilding core applications, converting
data into actionable insights, and creating intelligent
applications, we are putting the solutions in place to continue
our leadership in the travel industry,” said John Hurley, Chief
Technology Officer at Ryanair. “Machine learning is hugely
important to our growth, and we’re pursuing a variety of AWS
machine learning services, including Amazon SageMaker, to enhance
customer UI experience and personalize the MyRyanair portal for
every unique traveler. We’re currently trialing Amazon Lex to
enhance our customer support experience, by intelligently routing
customer support requests to the right type of assistance—whether
that be a customer support representative or an artificial
intelligence-driven interaction. We were also one of the first
companies in Europe to support Amazon Alexa, and created the
MyRyanair skill for Amazon Alexa to handle account booking, flight
inquiries, and frequently asked questions.”
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