Boeing Launches 737 MAX 200 - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - Boeing (BA) announced it has launched the newest member of the 737 MAX family, the 737 MAX 200, a variant based on the 737 MAX 8. Europe's low-cost carrier, Ryanair, will be the first airline to operate the 737 MAX 200, with a commitment for 100 airplanes, valued at $11 billion at current list prices. Ryanair also has options to purchase another 100 737 MAX 200s.

The company said 737 MAX 200 can accommodate up to 200 seats, increasing revenue potential and providing customers up to 20 percent better fuel efficiency per seat than the current most efficient single-aisle airplanes.

"Ryanair is proud and honored to become the lead operator of Boeing's 'gamechanger' 737 MAX 200, which will expand our fleet to 520 aircraft by 2024 and create another 3,000 new jobs for pilots, cabin crew and engineers in Europe, while allowing us to grow traffic from 82 million last year to over 150 million annually by 2024," said Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary.