- Charge for Ryanair bookings on Amadeus will reduce on August 1
- Ryanair issued strict new GDS booking terms for TMCs, with Amadeus users facing a May 2026 deadline.
- Sabre and Travelport users faced a 31 March 2026 cutoff.
- Ryanair first partnered with Amadeus in 2014; the partnership ended in 2017.
- A new agreement was announced in November 2022 and went live in May 2023.
- Amadeus bookings offer fare parity, no surcharges, and ancillary access.
Charge for Ryanair bookings on Amadeus will reduce on August 1, in the latest development in Ryanair’s fraught relationship with global distribution systems.
Ryanair issued new Offline Subscriber Booking Terms for Travel Management Companies (TMCs) booking through global distribution systems. Sabre and Travelport users faced a 31 March cutoff, while Amadeus GDS users were given a final deadline in May 2026 to accept the terms or risk losing access to Ryanair content completely. Ryanair returned to the Amadeus GDS platform on 18 May 2023, following an initial announcement of their renewed partnership in late 2022.
The timeline of the Ryanair-Amadeus relationship shows a history of fluctuating cooperation. Ryanair first partnered with Amadeus in September 2014 to capture the corporate travel market, but the partnership ended in December 2017 after the two companies failed to reach a commercial agreement. A new agreement was announced in November 2022, officially going live in May 2023, making thousands of daily flights bookable through the platform.
When booking Ryanair through Amadeus, travel agents receive fare parity matching live pricing on the official Ryanair website, no surcharges bypassing direct-booking penalties, and ancillary access to bundle checked bags, seat assignments, and Business Plus fares within the GDS workspace. The May 2026 deadline required Amadeus travel agencies to sign Ryanair’s updated content distribution terms.
