DUBLIN (dpa-AFX) - Low-cost airline Ryanair Holdings Plc. (RYA.L, RYAAY) Wednesday announced the purchase of an additional 3 Boeing 737-800 aircraft, for delivery in early 2016, valued at $280 million at current list prices.
This brings its total order to 183 737 NGs, in addition to orders for 200 'gamechanger' Boeing MAX 200 aircraft, which will allow Ryanair to grow its traffic to 160 million customers per annum by 2024.
Separately, the airline said its traffic in February climbed 29 percent to 5.8 million customers, and load factor increased 11 percentage points to 89 percent.
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