RYANAIR has placed an order for 70 Boeing 737-800 series aircraft with an option of 70 more. It is the largest aircraft commitment this year to date. Subject to shareholder approval at an EGM this brings the total Ryanair/Boeing order book up to 225 firm aircraft and 193 options. Ryanair currently has a fleet size of 73 -800s and 17 ex-Lufthansa 737-200s most of which will have gone by the end of the year. With around five crews per aircraft (two pilots and four cabin staff) plus engineering and support staff the extra aircraft will mean a two thousand staff expansion for the Dublin headquartered airline. In the current financial year the airline says it will carry 34m passengers, a figure expected to double by 2112.
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