Google is working on a new price comparison tool for airline travel which will “blow everyone else out of the water”, according to budget airline Ryanair.

Speaking to Irish newspaper the Sunday Independent, airline boss Michael O’Leary said that he was helping Google with some “exciting developments” in airline ticket sales.

The company has shared its pricing information with the company, which is developing a service that will display fares without bias and then direct customers to third party sites where they can buy tickets.

"Google will say, 'Here are the fares,' then you click straight through to Ryanair or someone else. It blows everyone else out of the water," said O’Leary.

"Because Google, being Google, want to show all of the prices from all of the airlines on display. They don't want to charge us, they make all of their money out of advertising.

"They don't want to have a limited or biased search. They want to be able to say they've screened all of these airlines on all of the routes. They need to find who has got the lowest airfare on these routes... and that's us," he said.

O’Leary also said that Ryanair was working on incorporating more technology into its own services.

"In five years' time, everyone on Ryanair will be paying on their mobile. You'll pay for your drinks and snacks with your mobile. You'll upgrade to priority boarding on your mobile,” he said.