Low-cost airline Ryanair has slashed its passenger forecast once again, blaming aircraft delivery delays from Boeing. The Irish carrier said it now expects to carry 206 million passengers in its 2025-26 financial year, which would be growth of 3%, down from the 210 million previously forecast. #ryanair
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00:00Hello, my name is Greg Wright. I'm the Deputy Business Editor of the Yorkshire Post and
00:04here are your headlines for today. Ryanair has cut its passenger forecast again,
00:10blaming aircraft delivery delays from Boeing. Ryanair said it now expects to carry 206 million
00:18passengers in its 2025-26 financial year, which would be growth of 3% down from the
00:24210 million previously forecast. It had already cut the guidance from 215 million to 210 million
00:31in November due to the issues at Boeing. Ryanair's Chief Executive Michael O'Leary said,
00:37while the B737 production is recovering from Boeing's strike in late 2024, we no longer expect
00:43Boeing to deliver sufficient aircraft ahead of summer 2025 to facilitate full year 25-26 traffic
00:50growth to 210 million passengers. So an update this morning from Ryanair, it says it's cut its
00:56passenger forecast once again and it blames the aircraft delivery delays. My name's Greg Wright,
01:02I'm the Deputy Business Editor of the Yorkshire Post.