Ryanair Places Major Boeing Order:
Successful European low cost airline Ryanair completed a busy day Friday by announcing an order for an additional 100 Boeing planes.
Earlier, the Dublin-based carrier said it was buying rival budget operator Buzz, owned by KLM, at a bargain price.
The size of the Boeing order for its 737-800 aircraft dwarfed the Buzz deal. The 22 firm orders and 78 options are potentially worth USD$6 billion to the US plane manufacturer. Ryanair is paying just USD$25.85 million for Buzz.
The news comes less than a year after both Ryanair and Boeing announced the record aircraft order of 150 737-800s, the largest single firm order for Next Generation 737s ever made.
http://news.airwise.com/display/story.html?name=2003/01/1044036300.html
By: Saab 2000 - 3rd February 2003 at 18:37
RE: Ryanair Places Major Boeing Order
Seems like fleet stabilisation after the acquisition of Buzz, a sensible move if they are ridding themselves of the BAe 146 and continuously expanding. I think the 737s have established themselves as a very reliable aircraft for Ryanair and proved popular with passengers. Moreover, wanting to keep costs low, fleet commonality seems a very ordinary and satisfactory practice.
By: MapleLeaf_330 - 3rd February 2003 at 16:49
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Also, this is their second major order. It’s unlikely that they would’ve switched aircraft types at this time.
By: KabirT - 3rd February 2003 at 15:27
RE: Ryanair Places Major Boeing Order
Maybe they just find Boeing reliable…thats all!
By: wysiwyg - 3rd February 2003 at 11:17
RE: Ryanair Places Major Boeing Order
Ryanair appears to be keeping Boeing afloat at the moment. I bet they must be getting some fantastic deal.
By: Ren Frew - 3rd February 2003 at 10:28
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Would it be against the rules for Boeing to invest in an airline such as Ryanair ? I wouldn’t be surprised if they have already.
By: A330Crazy - 2nd February 2003 at 23:19
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Boeing and RyanAir are turning into Blair and Bush! The best of buddies!
By: T5 - 2nd February 2003 at 22:06
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Ahh.. a screenshot of the Boeing website! No surprise at their choice of photograph.
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By: T5 - 2nd February 2003 at 21:52
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I think the moves being made by easyJet and Ryanair lately are going to be crucial over the coming years when they each fight for the top spot in the low-cost area.
easyJet buys Go, Ryanair buys Buzz. easyJet signs an Airbus deal, Ryanair now signs a Boeing deal. Ryanair clearly lack ideas, hence the reason they are making all the right moves “after” easyJet.
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February 2, 2003 at 2:39 pm