Ryanair's Bellew warns airlines over tech

Ryanair COO Peter Bellew has a stark warning for airlines that are dragging their feet on introducing better data-sharing technology that helps drive digital sales: get on board or watch the tech community "eat your lunch". The former Malaysia Airlines CE returned to his old employer Ryanair last year, during a period of stress for the carrier. Bellew said that even though IATA was pushing for adoption of API technology by up to 75% of airlines by 2020, many carriers around Europe were dragging their feet. The problem is...If we don't get our heads around it, everyone else - from Amazon and Facebook - to Apple, will eat our lunch." Bellew said that Ryanair - which said it wants to become "the Amazon of travel" - and IAG were both well ahead of their competitors when it came to the use of such technology. <br/>