This talk will explore the unique challenges and opportunities of implementing observability in the airline industry. Covering different and specific technical stacks used at Ryanair and strategies used to monitor and manage Ryanair’s complex IT infrastructure in real-time. Key topics will include:

• Overview of Ryanair Labs mission: Ecommerce vs Airline Operations
• Different needs, different tech stacks: From serverless to Kubernetes
• Data driven decision. Using observability as a driver for strategic decision
• Real time monitoring of IT and/or Operational issues
• Alignment and Distributed logging: Open Telemetry
• Cost control

As OpenTelemetry emerges as a pivotal solution for opensource observability, its adoption presents unique challenges and opportunities. This panel discussion will bring together industry experts to share insights on the strategic implementation of OpenTelemetry within their organisations. Exploring practical strategies for overcoming

common adoption challenges, enhancing tool interoperability, and maximising the value of OpenTelemetry for comprehensive observability.

• Assessing organisational readiness for adopting OpenTelemetry, including infrastructure considerations and the necessary cultural shifts within it teams.
• Exploring effective strategies for integrating OpenTelemetry with existing monitoring and observability tools, ensuring a smooth transition and enhanced data cohesion.
• Addressing scalability concerns of OpenTelemetry deployments to keep pace with growing data volumes and complex distributed environments.
• Highlighting the importance of training and community engagement to keep teams updated on best practices and emerging features in OpenTelemetry.