Ryanair introduce mobiles on Italian fleet

Ryanair have announced today that it has launched mobile phone services on five of it's Rome Ciampino based fleet. The services will be available to customers of all four Italian mobile service providers - TIM, 3 Italy, Vodafone Omnitel and Wind. Roaming charges are being set by the individual operators but range from €2 to €3 per minute for voice calls, €0.50+ for text and €2 to €3 for e mail. Speaking in Rome today CEO Michael O'Leary said that the latest move is part of the plan to have the entire Ryanair fleet mobile enabled over the next 18 months adding "We expect customer demand for this service to grow rapidly and hope that customers on all our flights will soon be able to call or text from 30,000 feet to tell loved ones about yet another on time Ryanair flight." He doesn't miss a beat !

Speaking at the same news conference O'Leary said that the airline expects to save €30m to €40m annually when on line check in becomes mandatory in October.

Posted 090421