Why UK brokers should care
This directive lands squarely in UK aviation risk territory. Ryanair – Europe’s largest MAX operator – had taken delivery of around 206 Boeing 737 MAX 8-200 aircraft as of its most recent fleet update, with the final batch of that order expected in early 2026. TUI Airways, meanwhile, flies 21 MAX aircraft out of Gatwick, Manchester, Birmingham and other UK airports. Any airworthiness directive of this scale feeds directly into hull, liability and business-interruption conversations that brokers are already having with these clients.
