Boeing 737 MAX

What aerospace companies can learn from the MAX crisis.

Ryanair has warned that it will be forced to cut the number of flights next summer and close some bases because of delays to deliveries of Boeing’s 737 Max aircraft.

As the future of Boeing’s 737 Max 8s continue to hang in the balance, airlines around the world are counting the cost of the ongoing dilemma.

Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leary expects the Irish low-cost carrier’s first five Boeing 737 Max aircraft to be in service during the winter 2019-20 season, but said the grounding of the jet has cost it “about one million passengers this year”.

Routesonline looks at the routes operated by the Boeing 737 MAX 8 prior to the accident involving Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302.

This week: Virgin Australia, Boeing, Air Canada, Aeroflot and British Airways.

Southwest Airlines has as many as 50 additional opportunities to expand its route map in North America and parts of South America as the US low-cost carrier prepares to launch services to four destinations in Hawaii.

Airbus has sealed a record $50bn order at the Dubai Air Show, one of the largest commercial plane deals in history, but Boeing has hit back with a $27bn agreement of its own.

Boeing made more than 200 aircraft deliveries during the third quarter - a record for the US plane maker.