Ryanair: MAX woes could delay growth plans by up to two years

DUBLIN: Ryanair may have to push back its long-term target of flying 200 million passengers per year by as much as two years due to delays in the delivery of Boeing’s 737 MAX jet, Europe’s largest low-cost carrier said.

Ryanair, one of the biggest customers of the grounded jet, with 210 on order, hopes to have its first 55 jets flying by summer 2021, a year later than originally planned, with 50 more planes per year due for each of the following three summers.