{"id":123924,"date":"2022-03-31T20:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T20:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=123924"},"modified":"2022-04-01T00:52:39","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T00:52:39","slug":"ryanair-goads-boeing-as-jetmaker-meets-rival-easyjet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2022\/03\/ryanair-goads-boeing-as-jetmaker-meets-rival-easyjet.html","title":{"rendered":"Ryanair goads Boeing as jetmaker meets rival easyJet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The boss of Irish budget carrier Ryanair<\/strong> raised the stakes in a feud with Boeing<\/strong> over jet prices by saying he could do without a long-stalled deal to buy the 737 MAX 10 – even as Boeing appeared to woo his rival easyJet<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The latest salvo in a dispute between Europe’s largest low-cost airline group and Boeing, the exclusive supplier of its main fleet, came as airline chiefs met for the first time in two years to review a pandemic recovery clouded by war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2192 FAA warns Boeing may not win certification for 737 MAX 10 by year-end.<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ryanair last year walked away from negotiations with Boeing for 200 of its largest type of single-aisle jet, the 737 MAX 10, accusing the planemaker of being “delusional” about prices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Thursday, Chief Executive Michael O’Leary noted no signs of a breakthrough but said he would meet Boeing in April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We have to wait for Boeing to be in a kind of headspace for talking about MAX 10s. At the moment, they’re dealing with a backlog of deliveries, 777 issues, design delays or certification delays on the MAX 10. They have a whole heap of problems,” O’Leary told Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“There are many times in my life that I missed the market, there’s always that possibility. But you know, even if we have, we’re very content where we are; we have 210 aircraft deliveries to take over the next five years,” he said in an interview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.S. company has said in response to previous criticism from Ryanair that it is committed to supporting its partner but will “continue to be disciplined” in commercial decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2192 Ryanair announces 5 new routes in Spain for summer.<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

O’Leary, hoping to benefit from bargain prices as Boeing claws its way back from a recent safety crisis, urged Boeing to fight harder for customers after what he described as a series of market losses to single-aisle leader Airbus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SHIFTING ALLIANCES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But in an unusual twist, Boeing wasted no time in holding a semi-public pow-wow with Ryanair’s rival easyJet, a key Airbus customer, just yards away at the A4E airlines conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

EasyJet Chief Executive Johan Lundgren was seen huddling with a group of Boeing executives including Senior Vice-President of Commercial Sales & Marketing Ihssane Mounir, the U.S. company’s sales boss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mounir declined to comment on the half-hour discussion, held in the corner of a quiet public space on conference sidelines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“As you would expect, we informally speak with others in the industry at industry events,” an easyJet spokeswoman said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An Airbus spokesman said, “We have full trust in our partner easyJet and we never comment on our customers’ private agendas.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is not uncommon for airlines and manufacturers to chat informally at such gatherings, but the meeting between senior officials cutting across industry alliances caused a buzz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Yes, everyone noticed that,” a European delegate said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Airbus has long been the exclusive supplier for easyJet, while Ryanair is a die-hard Boeing customer apart from a sub-fleet of leased Airbus jets inherited through acquisition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The airline industry, hungry for new deals after pandemic losses, has seen a series of defections in recent months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boeing lost medium-haul contests to Airbus at Dutch KLM and Australia’s Qantas but scored an unexpected victory by poaching U.S. budget carrier Allegiant Air, which had previously relied on used Airbus jets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Such “flips” are rare due to the cost of retraining pilots, but reflect fierce competition for new business as the aerospace industry seeks to recover from its worst-ever recession.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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