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Ryanair goes on GDS today
Ryanair is hoping to increase is business traffic from today when it becomes listed on the Travelport global distribution system.
The airline claims more than 22% of its customers are flying for business reasons, and expects this percentage to grow thanks to the new partnership.
But the airline has admitted that it won’t be putting its lowest fares on the GDS, but will instead be keeping them for its own website.
The GDS move is a major u-turn for the airline, which had always claimed it could operate without the help of agents.
But in recent months it has made major changes to its business in a bid to win more customers.
It is set to unveil a new business product soon.
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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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