Ryanair Considering 200-Plus Orders for China’s C919 Plane
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Ryanair Holdings Plc, Europe’s biggest discount airline, said it’s exploring a requirement for at least 200 single-aisle jets with Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China after signing an accord to help develop the C919 model.
Ryanair is interested in a variant of the plane that would carry about 200 people and be available from 2018. The Irish company, which will have 300 Boeing Co. 737s by 2013, could move to a mixed fleet if the economies offered by a new entrant can at least match those of the current fleet and the price is right, Chief Executive Officer Michael O’Leary said in an interview.