Ryanair signed a five-year partnership with Google Cloud on Wednesday, deploying the Alphabet unit’s AI tools across its operations to automate crew scheduling and reduce the risk of technology outages.

Under the agreement, Google Workspace and Google Cloud services will be extended to 35,000 Ryanair staff members across the carrier’s network. At the heart of the agreement is Gemini Enterprise, Google Cloud’s agentic AI platform, which Ryanair intends to harness for building proprietary AI agents, streamlining key operational choices, and improving how flight crews are managed. Financial terms were not disclosed.

The partnership also supports a dual-cloud strategy for Ryanair, which already uses Amazon Web Services, according to Reuters. By spreading workloads across multiple cloud providers, Ryanair aims to keep flights and customer services running if one platform experiences disruptions, the company said.

“To support this growth, we need to ensure we have excellent infrastructure resilience, and our new dual-cloud strategy provides this, alongside technology partners that match our speed and relentless focus on efficiency,” Ryanair CEO Eddie Wilson said in a statement.

Ryanair also intends to bring Google DeepMind models into its operations — among them AlphaEvolve and WeatherNext — applying them to areas such as fleet management and the planning of maintenance work. The carrier will also replace its existing collaboration systems with Google Workspace.

Maureen Costello, Google Cloud’s vice president for the United Kingdom, Ireland and Sub-Saharan Africa, said in a statement that deploying generative AI at scale can help carriers “scale securely, reduce operational costs, and redefine the travel experience.”

Europe’s largest airline by passenger numbers, Ryanair currently carries around 216 million passengers a year across approximately 3,900 daily flights. The Google Cloud deal is part of a broader push to reach 300 million annual passengers by 2034, supported by an order for 300 new Boeing 737s, the company said.