The budget airline expects to fly fewer passengers than hoped in fiscal 2026, cutting its passenger growth target yet again, due to Boeing plane delivery delays.

Delays in Boeing 737 Max delivery impacted Ryanair ( NASDAQ:RYAAY) negatively, forcing Ryanair to revise its passenger forecast down to 206 million passengers only for the fiscal year 2026 from the initially anticipated 210 million passengers.

Ryanair has revised its passenger forecasts, citing delays in Boeing aircraft deliveries as the reason for postponing its goal of 210 million passengers to 2026

Ryanair said it expects to take delivery of nine Boeing 737 MAX aircraft ahead of its peak summer season, fewer than expected, and as a result will cut its forecast for passenger numbers in the 12 months to March 31, 2026, to 206 million from 210 million.

For the entirety of its fiscal 2025, which ends March 31, the airline now expects “almost 200 million passengers,” as long as there is no further bad news on delivery delays from Boeing. At its fiscal half-year results presentation Nov. 4, 2024, Ryanair said it was targeting between 198 million and 200 million.

Budget airline Ryanair on Monday reported stronger-than-expected after-tax profit for the three months through to the end of December.

Ryanair reported better than expected profits for the final three months of 2024 on Monday and Chief Executive Michael O'Leary said he was "cautiously optimistic" about fares for the coming summer on constrained capacity in Europe.

Europe's largest low-cost airline anticipates attracting 206m customers in the 2026 financial year, equivalent to 3% annual growth.

Ryanair (LON:0RYA) has revised its fiscal 2026 passenger growth target to 206 million, down from the original 210 million, due to delays in Boeing (NYSE:BA) aircraft deliveries. The reduction reflects a modest