The airline also reached an occupancy rate of 96%. This output marks the budget carrier as the largest airline in Europe in terms of passengers transported in a year.
The year 2020, however, seems to be more complicated for Ryanair. The Irish operator already said that it wouldn't be able to reach its growth target in 2020 due to the ongoing uncertainty surrounding the 737 MAX jet.
Ryanair might not take delivery of its first 737 MAX aircraft before October, the chief executive Michael O’Leary said in Berlin on January 3rd during an interview.
The Irish budget carrier has 135 737 MAX on order with Boeing waiting to be delivered. The Irish CEO had previously said that his company would not take delivery of the aircraft in July or August because it is the busiest time of the year for Ryanair.
We were meant to have 58 planes by the summer. That went down to 30, then 20, and then 10 and the latest is maybe only five. We may only get the first jets in October 2020, O’Leary said.
In contrast to other airlines that have already agreed on compensation with Boeing, including Turkish Airlines, Southwest Airlines, and TUI Fly, O’Leary said he would only discuss the compensation with the US aircraft manufacturer after the expected 737 MAX jets were delivered to the Irish airline.
United Airlines last month delayed its 737 MAX flights until June, the longest period that any U.S. carrier has scheduled for keeping the aircraft on the ground.
The 737 MAX, Boeing’s fastest-selling aircraft in the company history. But the aircraft has been since March 2019 following two fatal crashes which killed 349 people.
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