Ryanair offers to pick up more Boeing 737 Max aircraft, FT reports

Ryanair (RYAAY) has offered to pick up more Boeing (BA) 737 Max aircraft if any U.S. airlines cancel orders, Philip Georgiadis of The Financial Times reports. Ryanair’s CEO Michael O’Leary said, “If United or any other airlines don’t want to take their Max-10 orders, we will be happy to step in,” according to the Times. The airline currently has an order book for 400 new aircraft, made of 737 Max 8 and the yet to be certified Max-10. Currently, Ryanair does not expect to receive its first Max 10 until 2027, but O’Leary plans to talk to Boeing about earlier deliveries if other airlines have backed away from the plane.