Transportation
Ryanair CEO Lauds Boeing Management Overhaul After Plane Delays
- Management changes are good for Boeing and customers: Ryanair
- Ryanair faces aircraft delivery delays from Boeing this year
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Ryanair Holdings Plc’s outspoken head said the sweeping management changes made at Boeing Co. were “much needed,” in one of the first public comments from an executive at a major airline since CEO Dave Calhoun announced his departure.
In a statement titled “Ryanair welcomes Boeing management changes in Seattle,” the Irish budget carrier said it believed the changes were “necessary and good for Boeing and its customers” soon after the planemaker announced the CEO will depart at the end of this year. The company also said Chairman Larry Kellner will not stand for reelection. Stan Deal, head of Boeing’s commercial airplanes division, will retire immediately with Chief Operating Officer Stephanie Pope replacing him.