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Ryanair orders up to 150 new Boeing 737-800
Ryanair has ordered up to 150 new Boeing 737-800 aircraft over an eight year period from 2002 to 2010.
The new aircraft will create over 3,000 new jobs in Ryanair, including over 800 pilots, more than 2,000 cabin crew and over 400 engineering and operations vacancies.
Ryanair anticipates in the current year (end 31 March 2002) carrying over 10 million passengers, and that this new aircraft order will enable Ryanair to deliver a threefold increase in traffic to over 40 million pax per annum, which will make Ryanair Europe’s No.1 international scheduled airline.
Announcing details of the order, Ryanair’s Chief Executive, Michael O’Leary said: “This new partnership with Boeing will provide Ryanair with a continuous supply of Boeing 737-800 aircraft – the most successful jetliner in the world – and will allow Ryanair and Boeing to revolutionise short-haul air travel all over Europe in the same way that Southwest and Boeing have in the United States. This huge order cements our long-term relationship with Boeing. The fact that Boeing were able to win this order in the face of intense competition from Airbus, and despite many hundreds of offers for second-hand aircraft, shows just how committed Boeing is to working with Ryanair, Europe’s largest low fares airline.
“This order eliminates some uncertainty which hung over Ryanair’s growth plans. We can now point our customers, our people and our shareholders towards our long-term plan which will see Ryanair open many new routes and bases all over Europe and demonstrate how Ryanair in time will overtake British Airways, Lufthansa and Air France as Europe’s biggest carrier of international scheduled passengers.”
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