Speaking at a press conference today, O'Brien claimed such a disaster was unlikely to happen to Ryanair as they had so many back-up plans in place. He said: "We have three locations where our systems are - if there's a power surge the others kick in. That's what most businesses do. "We've never had a major outage in the time we've been online, although we do have a slightly less complex IT footprint than BA." Explaining why Ryanair are so well prepared for IT disasters, he continued: "We look at the focus that we have in terns of being an online business.