Originally Posted by babemagnet
acording to this:
Boeing: Commercial Airplanes - 737 - Range Charts
It should be possible from Shannon!
That's not what the chart tells me at all. It tells me that from London with only 162 passengers (and no indication of what's been assumed for winds aloft, nor indeed which engine thrust version is assumed) a 737-800 can make it as far as New Brunswick. That's an
exceptionally long way off the New York (or even Boston) area, even by Ryanair airport-proximity standards.
Read my lips, guys. Ryanair is not going to fly transatlantic with 737-800s. (To be accurate, MOL has said that Ryanair is not going to fly transatlantic at all, and that if it happens it'll be a separate company - but I repeat: separate company or not, they will not use 737-800s. Deal with it.)