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Boeing Fast-Tracks 25 737 MAX Jets to Ryanair for October Delivery

Ryanair signals confidence with unchanged guidance.

Boeing 737 MAX aircraft are assembled at the company’s plant in Renton, Washington, U.S. June 25, 2024. Jennifer Buchanan/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Two Boeing 737-8AS passenger aircrafts of Ryanair airline, taxi on a runway at Malaga-Costa del Sol airport, in Malaga, Spain, May 3, 2024. REUTERS/Jon Nazca/File Photo

Overview

  • Boeing advanced delivery of 25 737 MAX aircraft to Ryanair to October from the spring of next year, a pull-forward that comes as the planemaker works to stabilise output after the January 2024 panel blowout.
  • Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary said the quality of recent Boeing deliveries is excellent.
  • O’Leary said Boeing indicated the 737 MAX 7 could be certified by end-2025 and the MAX 10 by early next year, describing these as the timelines the airline has been told.
  • Despite operational disruptions, Ryanair kept its guidance unchanged and reported strong bookings.
  • Ryanair canceled about 700 flights in July due to air-traffic-control strikes mainly in France, and O’Leary urged the EU to protect overflight rights and staffing during walkouts.