Ryanair’s outspoken boss Michael O’Leary has criticized the French finance minister’s comments about preferring to fly Airbus to Boeing, calling them “silly and ill-advised”. “Stupid politicians”.
The Irish airline’s chief executive was responding to Bruno Le Maire’s comments that he would be hesitant to fly on Boeing planes while Airbus “is still producing the best aircraft yet”.The French government belongs to Airbus largest single shareholderholding about 10.8% of the shares.
“I would rather fly on an Airbus than on a Boeing and my family would now prefer to fly on an Airbus plane,” Le Maire told European planemaker CEO Guillaume Faury at the Europe 2024 conference in Berlin on Tuesday. Same thing, they care about me.” Audience.
Since the beginning of this year, a series of shocking events have occurred at Boeing. In January, a door jam blew off an Alaska Airlines 737 Max 9 jet during a flight.
The planemaker asked airlines operating the 787 Dreamliner to check cockpit seat switches after a Latam Airlines 787 suddenly swooped in the sky earlier this month, injuring more than 50 people.
Mr O’Leary, whose low-cost carrier is Boeing’s biggest customer in Europe, acknowledged the planemaker may have problems but said Mr Le Maire’s comments were “stupid and ill-judged”.
“We live in a world that encourages free speech and Donald Trump talks trash. The same goes for Bruno Le Maire,” he told politics.
He pointed out that hundreds of aircraft around the world, including the Airbus A320 fleet, have been grounded for inspection due to problems with the Pratt and Whitney engines.
For ‘Some stupid politician said: ‘My family doesn’t feel safe in one place’ [Boeing] 737,’ and I said, ‘Okay, then try flying on an Airbus that has an engine problem that hasn’t been fixed,'” he said.
Mr Faury told the Europe 2024 conference that he was not happy about the technical problems plaguing rival Boeing as they were damaging to the image of the aerospace industry as a whole.
“I’m not happy with the problems my competitors have. They’re bad for the industry,” he said when asked about Boeing’s technical issues.
“We are in an industry where quality and safety are a top priority.”
O’Leary said on Wednesday that he met with Boeing management in Dublin that day to discuss aircraft delivery delays, certification of Boeing’s 737 Max 10 aircraft and ongoing oversight issues following the Alaska Airlines incident.
He said Ryanair held regular meetings with its suppliers and believed the situation would start to improve as regulators increased scrutiny of the company.
“They are currently … heavily regulated by the government [US] Congress, FAA [US Federal Aviation Administration] are crawling on them,” he said. “That doesn’t help with monthly production.But frankly, that’s exactly the kind of oversight it needs
Boeing said on Wednesday it would spend more cash in the first quarter than previously expected as it limits 737 production to improve quality.
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