Transportation
Ryanair Sees Boeing Glitches Disrupting Deliveries Into 2024
- O’Leary slams Boeing’s quality control and production problems
- Delivery delays to affect winter flight schedule, airline says
Ryanair planes at Stansted Airport.
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Ryanair Holdings Plc said it faces broad delivery delays of the 737 Max aircraft as Boeing Co. deals with the latest supplier glitch afflicting the workhorse jet, with the disruptions forcing the airline to pare back its winter flight schedule.
Boeing advised the Irish discount specialist at a meeting this week that it will only be able to deliver 14 of the 27 aircraft due by late December, Ryanair Chief Executive Officer Michael O’Leary said in an interview Wednesday in London. The setback is the result of quality lapses at Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc., which builds the jet’s frame, he said.