Aircraft
Ryanair Pushes Out Max 200 Deliveries to September or October
The Irish low-cost carrier group signals readiness to negotiate an order for 737 Max 10s.
A Ryanair Boeing 737 Max 8 sits parked in Renton, Washington, in October 2019. (Photo: Barry Ambrose)
A Ryanair Boeing 737 Max 8 sits parked in Renton, Washington, in October 2019. (Photo: Barry Ambrose)

Ryanair remains committed to the Boeing 737 Max and will likely add to its order with the type’s largest variant, the Max 10, even though the continued grounding of the single-aisle aircraft forced the Irish low-cost carrier group to defer its target to fly 200 million passengers annually by “at least one or two years,” to its 2025 or 2026 fiscal years. It has scaled back its passenger growth forecast for its fiscal year ending March 2021 to 156 million from 162 million. The delivery delays also negated anticipated cost savings from operating the Max versus the 737-800 for the current fiscal year ending March 31 and most of next year, group CEO Michael O’Leary said during Monday’s presentation of the company’s third-quarter results.


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