ORDER - Ryanair to Receive First 15 Boeing 737 MAX 10s in Spring 2027

 Ryanair is one of the world's largest 737 customers and has 210 MAX aircraft on order.

Ryanair expects to receive its first 15 Boeing 737 MAX 10 aircraft in Spring 2027 as it prepares for a significant expansion of its fleet across its European network.

Ryanair has ordered up to 300 Boeing 737 MAX 10s, with deliveries scheduled to begin in early 2027. The airline plans for these aircraft to underpin the next phase of growth in its network and capacity.

FLEET - Panama’s Copa Airlines weighs MAX -10, -7 options

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Copa Airlines (CM, Panamá City Tocumen International) may decide not to convert options for future B737-10s into firm orders, according to chief executive Pedro Heilbron.

“It may well be that we stay with the B737-8 and B737-9 combination; that’s yet to be decided,” he said in an interview with FlightGlobal. The Panamanian carrier holds options for fifteen B737-10s.

ch-aviation data shows Copa’s fleet comprises 107 aircraft - nine B737-700s, eight B737-8s (with 16 more to come), fifty-eight B737-800s, and thirty-two B737-9s. Subsidiaries Copa Airlines Colombia and Wingo (Panama) have nine B737-800s and two B737-800(BCF)s, respectively.

Furthermore, while it has considered ordering the smaller and still-uncertified B737-7, Copa Airlines still has no specific plans to do so. “It is a nice aircraft, but we try hard to limit the number of different configurations we have because it adds complexity,” Heilbron said.

In the medium term, it could consider the B737-7 as a replacement for the B737-700s, “but right now, I don’t think we would add another configuration.”

Copa Airlines was not immediately available for further comment.

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ORDER - Korean Air orders 103 Boeing aircraft, including B777-8Fs Support

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Korean Air (KE, Seoul Incheon) plans to order 103 new Boeing aircraft, including its first-ever commitment for B777-8F freighters. The deal, announced during the visit of South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung to the United States, also includes more B777-9s, B787-10s, and B737-10s.

The carrier plans to order eight B777-8Fs. It will be its first order for any new-generation widebody twinjet freighters. Its cargo fleet currently comprises four B747-400ERFs, seven B747-8Fs, and twelve B777-200Fs. Its subsidiary Asiana Airlines no longer operates dedicated freighters following the sale of its cargo business to AirZeta.

Korean Air also plans to add twenty B777-9s to its existing order for 20 units of the type, placed in March 2025. The new commitment will also include an additional twenty-five B787-10s, which will come on top of the current unfilled order for six B787-9s and twenty-seven -10s.

In addition, it plans to take fifty incremental B737-10s, complementing its existing unfilled order for nineteen B737 MAX. While Korean Air initially planned to take exclusively B737-8s, it recently converted 12 orders to the -10s.

All newly announced aircraft orders are scheduled for delivery by the end of 2030. In total, they will increase Korean Air's orderbook with Boeing from the current 72 unfilled commitments to 175. The new deal marks the largest single order placed with Boeing by an Asian carrier.

Korean Air's current Boeing fleet comprises six B737-8s, two B737-800s, nine B737-900s, six B737-900ERs, four B747-400ERFs, five B747-8s, seven B747-8Fs, five inactive B777-200ERs, twelve B777-200Fs, four B777-300s, twenty-five B777-300ERs, fourteen B787-9s, and ten B787-10s. The airline also operates one B737-700(BBJ) and one B787-8(BBJ) for the government. Asiana Airlines' only Boeing aircraft are nine B777-200ERs, while LCC subsidiaries Jin Air operates five B737-8s, nineteen B737-800s, three B737-900s, and four B777-200ERs.

Korean Air will also buy 11 spare engines from General Electric and eight from CFM International

ORDER - Skymark orders more MAXs

Skymark Airlines has announced it has decided to increase its number of Boeing B737MAXs on order with Boeing with six additional frames.
In total, it now has ten MAXs on firm order, eight B737-8s and two B737-10s.
According to the statement from Skymark Airlines, it will take delivery of its first MAX in 2030.

The airline announced its first order for four MAXs in November 2022. Back then it also signalled its intention to lease six B737-8s but it seems these have now been ordered directly.
Currently, Skymark is operating a fleet of 29 B737-800s.
Illustration:  Boeing.