As noted above, Ryanair currently has sufficient capacity to be able to carry out all of the routine
maintenance work required on its Boeing 737-800 fleet itself. However, Ryanair occasionally contracts with
outside maintenance providers for some heavy maintenance services that it cannot accommodate in its own
facilities. In those circumstances Ryanair enters into short-term, ad hoc contracts with reputable Part 145-
approved suppliers of heavy maintenance in the U.K. and Europe, such as ATC Lasham, for the carrying-out of
the heavy maintenance overhauls currently required on its relatively new fleet. Although Ryanair believes that it
has sufficient capacity at its existing London (Stansted) and Glasgow (Prestwick) facilities to accommodate the
additional maintenance requirements that it expects to arise beginning in winter 2010 due to the aging and
expansion of its fleet, Ryanair is also negotiating with several European airports from which it operates to build
a new hangar facility.
