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07.03.06
RYANAIR MAKES IT A CENTURY WITH 100th AIRCRAFT DELIVERY FROM BOEING
Ryanair, Europe’s largest low fares airline, today (Tuesday, 7th March 2006) celebrated the arrival of its 100th Boeing 737-800 series aircraft. Ryanair now has an all Boeing 737-800 series fleet with an average age of just 2 years making Ryanair’s fleet the youngest of any major airline in Europe.
Speaking today, Peter Sherrard, Ryanair’s Head of Communications said:
“Ryanair’s 100 brand new Boeing 737-800 series aircraft will bring Europe’s lowest fares and best customer service to over 40 M passengers across 22 countries in 2006.
In 2005, thanks to the reliability and efficiency of our next generation Boeing 737-800 fleet our customers enjoyed:
The lowest airfares in Europe
The fewest delays in Europe
The least number of cancellations in Europe
Ryanair’s $7.5BN programme to replace our older Boeing 737-200 aircraft with the environmentally efficient Boeing 737-800 aircraft has also resulted in a:
50% reduction in CO2 emissions per seat
45% reduction in fuel burn per seat
45% reduction in noise emissions
Over the next 6 years Ryanair will receive a further 139 new Boeing 737-800 aircraft, bringing the total fleet to 239 aircraft and enabling 70M passengers p.a. to enjoy Europe’s lowest fares.â€
RYANAIR MAKES IT A CENTURY WITH 100th AIRCRAFT DELIVERY
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Source: flightglobal.com
Ryanair prepares to phase out oldest 737-800s
As Ryanair introduces its 100th Boeing 737-800, the airline is preparing to begin disposing of its oldest examples of the Next Generation twinjet. The carrier has also confirmed that in the next six months it will launch a joint-venture maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) operation in Poland or Latvia in conjunction with a major international third-party maintenance company.
Five 737-800s that Ryanair bought from Boeing in 1999 will shortly be put on the market, says deputy chief executive Howard Millar. This is part of a programme aimed at keeping the average fleet age low, Millar says, adding that the airline’s net fleet expansion will continue at the rate of 30-40 of the same type each year by exercising additional options to add to its already healthy firm orderbook for the type.
Millar points out that Ryanair owns 83% of its fleet, with the remainder on an operating lease. The carrier gains multiple advantages from replacing older aircraft with the latest versions of the same marque, including the fact that its initial agreement with Boeing gives it an advantageous price that now looks even more attractive than it did in 1999, as it can buy the aircraft for a lower sum in euros. Meanwhile, its new 737s come with a five-year manufacturer’s warranty and cheap financing through the US Ex-Im Bank.
Ryanair says its partner in the eastern European MRO venture does not wish to be named, but Flight International’s sister on-line service Air Transport Intelligence has established it is Singapore Technologies Aerospace. The airline says the new maintenance base will be in either Riga, Latvia or Rzeszov, Poland. From April 2007 Ryanair expects to use it to carry out the C and D check heavy maintenance on its own 737-800s. In addition to that, the plant will offer third-party heavy maintenance on widebodies like 747s, but Ryanair will not have any equity in that part of the organisation, says Millar.
Engineering director Michael Hickey says the three- or four-bay 737 facility will be owned by Ryanair, but run by the partner company. He says there is a growing shortage of MRO capacity in Europe, which is “what makes this a good investment for Ryanairâ€.
DAVID LEARMOUNT / DUBLIN
Ryanair prepares to phase out oldest 737-800s
As Ryanair introduces its 100th Boeing 737-800, the airline is preparing to begin disposing of its oldest examples of the Next Generation twinjet. The carrier has also confirmed that in the next six months it will launch a joint-venture maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) operation in Poland or Latvia in conjunction with a major international third-party maintenance company.
Five 737-800s that Ryanair bought from Boeing in 1999 will shortly be put on the market, says deputy chief executive Howard Millar. This is part of a programme aimed at keeping the average fleet age low, Millar says, adding that the airline’s net fleet expansion will continue at the rate of 30-40 of the same type each year by exercising additional options to add to its already healthy firm orderbook for the type.
Millar points out that Ryanair owns 83% of its fleet, with the remainder on an operating lease. The carrier gains multiple advantages from replacing older aircraft with the latest versions of the same marque, including the fact that its initial agreement with Boeing gives it an advantageous price that now looks even more attractive than it did in 1999, as it can buy the aircraft for a lower sum in euros. Meanwhile, its new 737s come with a five-year manufacturer’s warranty and cheap financing through the US Ex-Im Bank.
Ryanair says its partner in the eastern European MRO venture does not wish to be named, but Flight International’s sister on-line service Air Transport Intelligence has established it is Singapore Technologies Aerospace. The airline says the new maintenance base will be in either Riga, Latvia or Rzeszov, Poland. From April 2007 Ryanair expects to use it to carry out the C and D check heavy maintenance on its own 737-800s. In addition to that, the plant will offer third-party heavy maintenance on widebodies like 747s, but Ryanair will not have any equity in that part of the organisation, says Millar.
Engineering director Michael Hickey says the three- or four-bay 737 facility will be owned by Ryanair, but run by the partner company. He says there is a growing shortage of MRO capacity in Europe, which is “what makes this a good investment for Ryanairâ€.
DAVID LEARMOUNT / DUBLIN