The airline has already got 100 of the aircraft on order, with a further 100 options. Five of the new aircraft in the new order will be delivered in 2019 and a further five in 2020.
Ryanair chief operations officer Mick Hickey said: “This all new Max 737 aircraft has 8 more seats than our current 189 seat Boeing 737-800s and incorporates the latest technology engines and winglets.”
Boeing Commercial Airplanes senior vice president, global sales and marketing Ihssane Mounir added: “The 737 MAX with 197 seats provides Ryanair with the perfect solution for its additional capacity requirements as it strives to carry 200 million passengers per year by the middle of the next decade.”
