20th Sep 2005 14:43
Ryanair Holdings PLC20 September 2005 RYANAIR ANNOUNCES MINOR FLIGHT CHANGES TO ACCOMMODATE AIRCRAFT DELIVERY DELAYS BECAUSE OF THE BOEING STRIKE Ryanair, Europe's largest low fares airline today announced a series of minormodifications to its flight schedule during the months of September and Octoberarising from delays in the delivery of seven aircraft which were scheduled to bereceived in September and October, but are now not expected to be delivereduntil November and December. Boeing, Ryanair's aircraft supplier have experienced work stoppages since earlySeptember. Ryanair is now assuming that these disruptions will continue until atleast the end of October. There is every possibility that the dispute at Boeingmay be resolved earlier than this date, however Ryanair is keen to givepassengers the maximum degree of notice, and has therefore taken the followingsteps with regard to its September/October flight programme: 1. •Three of the 737-200 series aircraft which were due to be retired in September will continue in service until the end of October. 2. •The new base launches in Liverpool and Pisa, both of which are scheduled to commence on 27th September and 10th October will proceed as normal with Ryanair using a new 737-800 which was delivered by Boeing in early September, and also using one of the three spare 800's for the month of October. 3. •Approximately 200 flights (representing less than 1%) have been amalgamated during the month of October. Ryanair expects that the financial impact of the amalgamations will be immaterial in both the third quarter and in the full year results. Ryanair will continue to liaise closely with Boeing as the dispute evolvesthrough the remainder of September and into October. If there is a likelihood ofthe dispute continuing into November, Ryanair will make an early decision andensure that all passengers are notified of any schedule changes during the firstweek of October if at that time it is expected that the impact will continueinto November. As always Ryanair's primary objective is to provide our customers with as muchadvance notice as possible of these minor schedule alterations, whilst at thesame time fully supporting our partners Boeing as they work with their people toresolve the current dispute and resume delivering the world's best aircraft tothe world's favourite international airline. Ends. Tuesday, 20th September 2005. For furtherinformationplease contact: Peter Sherrard Pauline McAlester Ryanair Murray Consultants Tel. 353-1-8121212 Tel. 353-1-4980300 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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