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VIENNA—Ryanair Group is now considering Morocco as one of its possible locations for its planned in-house engine maintenance shops.
“We are in active negotiations with six locations for engine MRO facilities,” Ryanair Group CEO Michael O’Leary told Aviation Week in Vienna on April 21. “This includes Spain, Italy, Poland, the Baltic states, Northern Ireland and Morocco.”
“These are the most likely locations for our two engine MRO sites. We have to make a decision on the first location in a couple of months,” he said. “For both sites we will invest a total of $800 million.”
Discussing Ryanair’s recently signed memorandum of understanding with CFM International, which lays out a multi-year, multi-billion-dollar engine services agreement to support the ULCC engine MRO plan, O’Leary said that the 15-year supply agreement is critical for the airline, both in terms of engine overhaul and spare parts availability.
Besides the MRO site evaluation, Morocco is also one of the fastest-growing markets for the Ryanair Group, O’Leary said. But the company’s fastest-growing markets “currently are Albania, with four based aircraft in Tirana, and Slovakia, with up to five based aircraft in Bratislava,” the CEO said.
Ryanair operates a fleet of 647 Boeing 737-800s and 737-8-200s and expects to transport a total of 208 million passengers in fiscal 2026, up from 207 million the year prior.
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