Ryanair CEO, Michael O'Leary said on Wednesday he will meet with senior Boeing executives later in the day in Dublin to discuss prolonged delays in plane deliveries as a crisis at the U.S. planemaker deepens.
Speaking to Reuters on the sidelines of an aviation
conference, he said he will also discuss the certification of Boeing's 737 MAX
10 aircraft and ongoing issues with oversight following the Jan. 5 mid-air loss
of a panel on a new Alaska Airlines MAX 9.
The meeting will be with the "highest levels of
management" at Boeing, he said, without identifying who.
"We are working closely with Boeing. (...) Boeing are
still producing great aircraft, but there's no doubt in our mind that on the
shop floor, the systems and the quality control in Seattle need to be
improved," he said, referring to Boeing's main manufacturing hub in
Washington.
He said the budget airline, Boeing's largest European
customer, has regular meetings with its plane supplier and believes things will
start to improve as regulators ramp up scrutiny of the company.
"They're being (...) heavily regulated at the moment by
the Congress, the FAA are crawling all over them. That doesn't help monthly
production. But frankly, it's that kind of oversight it needs," he said.
Last month, O'Leary warned the carrier may have to cut its
summer schedule, the busiest time of the year, due to delays in receiving new
aircraft.
Boeing declined to comment on the meeting.
The U.S. planemaker said on Wednesday it would burn more cash in the first quarter than previously expected as it constrains 737 production to improve quality. Reuters
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