Ryanair: 737 MAX Grounding Will Hurt Profit
May 20 2019 - 4:24AM
Dow Jones News
By WSJ City
Europe's largest budget airline warned that its profit for this
year would be dented by the grounding of Boeing's 737 MAX.
KEY FACTS
-- Ryanair said profit for the financial year ended March 31 slumped to
EUR885m euros, despite a 7% increase in sales to EUR7.7bn.
-- Profit for the current year should be around last year's
figure--EUR750-950m--the Irish carrier said.
-- Ryanair said its guidance was muted by the crisis surrounding the Boeing
plane.
-- Ryanair faces higher-than-expected costs this year from the suspension of
737 MAX deliveries following recent fatal crashes.
-- Ryanair, which operates mostly older-model 737s, was due to receive its
first MAX planes this spring, which would have provided more seats and
greater fuel efficiency.
-- The airline said it has put off deliveries until at least this winter,
assuming regulators clear the plane to fly.
Fallout
Ryanair said it would carry about a million fewer passengers
this year because of the delayed MAX aircraft, which likely equates
to about EUR37 million in lost sales. TUI and Norwegian Air,
Europe's largest 737 MAX operators, have also said their profits
were hit by the global grounding. Both carriers have signaled they
expect Boeing to compensate them for the grounding's financial
impact.
Ryanair gave Boeing a boost, though, saying it had "utmost
confidence in these aircraft."
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