U.S. aircraft manufacturer Boeing and Europe’s Airbus must “considerably improve” their quality controls, Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary said Tuesday, following an incident involving a 737 MAX 9.
“Ryanair has no MAX 9 aircraft in service or on order,” the company said in a statement sent to AFP, referring to the Alaska Airlines model that lost a door mid-flight on Friday in the United States.
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“I think Airbus and Boeing need to significantly improve quality control as they try to make up the production backlog,” said O’Leary.
Ryanair, a major Boeing customer, has repeatedly complained about the manufacturer’s delivery delays, although it believes it “is in the process of resolving its problems.”
“The problem that affected the Alaska Airlines aircraft does not apply to the MAX 8, with which Ryanair operates, nor to the MAX 10s ordered by our company,” assured the Irish airline, which in May 2023 placed an order for 300 MAX 10 aircraft.
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