Ryanair agrees deal to woo business customers

Ryanair has widened its new offering to win over business customers, announcing it has agreed a deal with Spain’s Amadeus to sell seats through the technology company’s network of travel agents.

Europe’s largest low-cost carrier has cancelled charges for checked-in bags on some fares, offered free flight changes and fast-track passage through airport security in an attempt to attract business travellers who have tended to shun the budget airline.

Ryanair has for years sold tickets exclusively through its website, but chief executive Michael O’Leary said it would need additional global distribution channels to reach what he described as old-style business class customers in Europe.