Boeing now expects to deliver 40 of the planned 57 737 aircraft before the end of June. Ryanair stated that its summer schedule had been based around receiving at least 50 737 aircraft.
""We will now work with Boeing to take delayed aircraft deliveries during Aug and Sept 2024 to help Boeing reduce their delivery backlog,"" said Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary.
Around ""10 aircraft lines of flying"" will be reduced in the peak summer period to accommodate the delivery expectations falling short. Some minor schedule changes are expected to occur as a result. It will reduce frequencies rather than cut new routes.
Ryanair has already implemented some of these schedule cuts at higher cost airports where costs are rising faster than inflation in 2024, such as Dublin, Milan Malpensa, Warsaw Modlin, and four airports in Portugal. Passengers have been notified of the changes.
""We are working with our airport partners to deliver some growth to them, albeit later in Sept and Oct (rather than Jul and Aug). This traffic growth can only be delivered at lower fares during these shoulder months,"" O'Leary added.
Ryanair's expects the FY25 traffic numbers to fall short of its 205 million target and to be around 198 to 200 million passengers.
Boeing to now deliver 40 737s instead of 57 to Ryanair this summer
