Ryanair wants to almost double in size in the next 10 years

Ryanair’s (Dublin) CEO Michael O’Leary told the Financial Times according to this report by Herald.ie that he wants to increase passenger numbers to between 120 million and 130 million over the next 10 years.

The airline is in talks with Boeing, COMAC (China) and Irkut (Russia) about a possible order of 200 to 300 narrow-body airliners.

Ryanair carried 72.1 million passengers in 2010/11. This possible order could double the size of the fleet. Ryanair will operate a fleet of 292 Boeing 737-800s by 2012.

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