Ryanair growth to stall as MAX jets delayed until at least March

RyanairUS carriers do not expect to fly the MAX until 2020, according to their schedules, as they wait for regulators to end a worldwide grounding that followed two deadly crashes.

DUBLIN: Ryanair has announced a further two-month delay to the start of its Boeing MAX 737 deliveries and warned it may have none of the jets to fly next summer, which would freeze growth of one of Europe’s fastest growing airlines.

In July the Irish budget carrier said it expected to be flying 30 737 MAX next summer and its first delivery in January.