The Ryanair Group 27 July took delivery of its 160th Boeing 737 MAX 8-200 ‘Gamechanger’ aircraft , as three aircraft bearing registrations EI-IJV, EI-IJX and EI-IJA handed over to Ryanair DAC and delivered Boeing Field direct to Dublin Airport.
The deliveries come after Ryanair’s conference call on 22 July Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary commented “We were supposed to take 7 aircraft from Boeing in July. That now is only going to be 5. Two of those have slipped into August. And we’re supposed to get 10 aircraft in August, that’s now down to 8 and probably heading towards 7.”
“We will have agreed with Boeing we will continue to take delivery of 737 Gamechanges through the peak months of August and September, all of these aircraft will arrive too late to be able to share them for peak summer flights, we’ll use them as backups and the spare aircraft through the remainder of August and September.”
Dublin based Ryanair DAC remains as largest MAX operator within group with 104 aircraft followed by Malta Air at 43 aircraft and Buzz at 13 aircraft.
Buzz 13, with 8 in 2021 and 5 in 2022 and 0 in 2023 and 0 to date in 2024
Malta Air 43, with 22 in 2021 and 9 in 2022 and 8 in 2023 and 4 to date in 2024
Ryanair DAC 104, with 14 in 2021, 29 in 2022 and 44 in 2023 and 24 to date in 2024.
Calendar year to date Ryanair Group took delivery of 28 aircraft – Ryanair 24 and Malta Air 4.
EI-IKA B737-8-200 c/n 67114 Ryanair Delivered Boeing Field-Dublin 27/07/24 (Aircraft No 160).
EI-IJX B737-8-200 c/n 62376 Ryanair Delivered Boeing Field-Dublin 27/07/24 (Aircraft No 159).
EI-IJV B737-8-200 c/n 62376 Ryanair Ryanair Delivered Boeing Field-Dublin 27/07/24 (Aircraft No 158).
EI-IJY Boeing 737-8-200 c/n 67108 Ryanair Delivered Boeing Field-Dublin 18/07/24 (Aircraft No 157).
Ryanair Group operates a fleet of 599 aircraft and has a further 50 Boeing 737 MAX 8-200 ‘Gamechanger’ aircraft outstanding to be delivered from its 210 aircraft order up to 31 March 2025 and ordered 300 new Boeing 737-MAX-10 aircraft (150 firm and 150 options) for delivery between 2027 to 2033.
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