Ryanair swoops for 25 Boeing 737s

PLANES: Ryanair has agreed to buy a further 25 Boeing 737 MAX planes, worth $3bn at list prices, lifting its order of the US planemaker’s flagship shorthaul plane model to 135, the two companies said.

The Irish low-cost carrier, which is the largest operator of Boeing planes in Europe, purchased 100 737 MAX planes in 2014 and took out options on 100 more. Ryanair said the order leaves it with 75 more options.