The Ryanair Group has taken delivery of seven new Boeing 737 MAX 8-200 aircraft this month, bringing its total fleet of the high-capacity variant to 196 units. The latest additions were delivered throughout September, with a trio of aircraft arriving directly from Boeing Field to Dublin on Saturday 27 September.
The newly delivered aircraft – EI-ILA (msn 62395), EI-ILB (msn 67121), and EI-ILC (msn 62396) – include the Group’s 196th Boeing 737 MAX, marking a key milestone in Ryanair’s ambitious fleet expansion.
Two more MAX 8-200s, EI-ILH (msn 67123) and EI-ILJ (msn 62398), arrived on 23 September. This was followed by EI-ILM (msn 62398) on 25 September, and EI-ILE (msn 67078) on 26 September, completing the batch of September deliveries.
Ryanair Group has continued to grow its Boeing 737 MAX fleet aggressively in 2025, taking delivery of 24 new aircraft since the start of the year. Of these, 17 aircraft were delivered to Dublin-based Ryanair DAC, while the remaining seven joined the Polish subsidiary Buzz.
Ryanair DAC remains the group’s largest MAX operator operating 132 aircraft, followed by Malta Air, with 43 MAX aircraft, and Buzz, which has 21 aircraft.
The deliveries form part of Ryanair Group’s order backlog from 210 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft order. As of now, only 14 remain to be delivered. According to the group’s delivery schedule, 10 of those aircraft are expected to arrive before the end of 2025, with the final four slated for handover in Q1 2026.
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