Ryanair Holdings, Europe's largest low-cost airline, on Monday announced a halt to its in-flight phone service after a 13-month contract with OnAir ended, and invited rival providers to bid for the expansion of the service to its entire fleet. After operating the OnAir service on 50 of its aircraft for about a year, Ryanair wanted to expand deployment to its entire fleet. However the two companies did not reach a mutual agreement on the process and timing leading to the full deployment. Neither company can comment further on the terms of the agreement.

At the time of the launch, in February of last year, Ryanair passengers could make and receive calls at international roaming rates of two to three euros per minute and email at one to two euros, using their mobile phones. Ryanair said that it would look for a new system, but it may be many months before passengers can use their phones again.