Ryanair has confirmed that it is – and will continue to be – completely unaffected by the global grounding of nearly 200 Boeing 737 planes following an incident on a domestic US Alaska Airlines flight, last Friday, which saw part of the plane’s fuselage drop off while the plane was in the air.
A total of 171 Boeing 737 MAX-9 planes have been grounded around the world, in the wake of the incident, and until further safety tests are completed.
The groundings are set to cause severe travel disruption. However, Ryanair passengers will be unaffected as the airline has no MAX-9 models in its fleet. Instead, Ryanair flies Boeing 737MAX-8 and 10 models.
In a statement, Ryanair said: “Ryanair notes the grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX 9 series aircraft. Ryanair has no MAX9 aircraft in service or on order.AX
The issue which affected the Alaska aircraft does not apply to the MAX 8 aircraft, which Ryanair operates or the MAX 10’s which Ryanair have on order. Ryanair does not expect the MAX9 grounding to have any impact on either the MAX 8 or the MAX 10 aircraft.”
