Ryanair has become the first air carrier in Europe to warn of possible problems in air transport as a result of the crisis at the American company Boeing. It faces increased scrutiny from regulatory authorities and, among other things, is prohibited from increasing production of 737 MAX aircraft. The cause is an incident in which a panel that blinds the space for another emergency exit in the fuselage fell off during flight on an Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 in January of this year.
Ryanair is demanding financial compensation from Boeing for not being able to deliver on time the 57 ordered 737 Max-8 planes, the server said Financial Times. The airline company was waiting until June to deploy them at the peak of the summer season. According to O’Leary, the company will receive 40 to 45 aircraft instead. At the same time, he did not rule out that the final number could fall below 40.
At the same time, Ryanair’s flight schedule for the summer of 2024 envisages the delivery of at least 50 aircraft from Boeing. If that doesn’t happen, the carrier will have to announce “minor cuts to the flight schedule,” O’Leary warned.
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“Boeing would try to say it’s excusable. I think we will get some modest compensation from Boeing. But our goal is not to get compensation from Boeing, but to get the bloody planes from them,” added the head of Irish airlines.
According to O’Leary, due to the lack of planes and therefore the shortened flight schedule, the carrier risks increasing the price of tickets in the summer. “We do our budgets based on a five to ten percent increase in airfares, which I think is pretty reasonable. It could be more, it could be less, we really don’t know,” O’Leary was quoted as saying by the British server The Telegraph.
Boeing confirmed to Reuters that it had told some airlines that deliveries of the planes could be delayed. Boeing strives to ensure that aircraft meet all regulatory standards before delivery to customers.
“We deeply regret the impact this is having on our valued customer, Ryanair,” Boeing said. “We are working to resolve their issues and are taking action on a comprehensive plan to strengthen the quality and performance of 737 aircraft deliveries.”
Sharp criticism
At the same time, O’Leary sharply criticized Boeing for its communication with Ryanair after the January incident at Alaska Airlines. “They’re a mess in Seattle,” O’Leary said. Near Seattle in the US state of Washington, Boeing has a large assembly plant where it produces airliners including the 737.
The head of Ryanair reiterated that Boeing should proceed with a change in management. “They keep giving us optimistic, unfulfilled promises. And then a week or two weeks later … the reality turns out to be worse,” he said.
His comments come just days after Boeing’s first management shakeup in the wake of the MAX 9 crash. Boeing replaced 737 program chief Ed Clark, who has been in the job for 18 years, with Katie Ringgold, who was in charge of handling deliveries of the planes.
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2024-02-26 12:26:46
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