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Ryanair, which has already ordered 210 Boeing 737 MAXs, has established with the US manufacturer that May 18/19 is the deadline to close a new deal, according to a statement from its CEO Michael O’Leary.
In a statement to Reuters, O’Leary said talks with Boeing are at an advanced stage, and the focus of the talks is the reception of planes already purchased and the possibility of new orders. “Price is part of the discussion, cancellations are also discussed,” he added.
In February Ryanair claimed to have made an order offer for the MAX 10, with a capacity for 230 passengers, higher compared to the 197 seats on the MAX 200 already ordered. (Note: MAX 200 is a special high-density version of Ryanair custom-made seats.)
But, for more than a year, the model continues to fail due to technical issues that led to fatal accidents with two model aircraft, resulting in huge delays and constant delays in delivery of the new aircraft.
The airline, according to the BBC, is preparing to cut up to 3,000 jobs, a number that represents 15% of its current workforce, in order to restructure to face the crisis caused by the new coronavirus pandemic.
Still on the BBC, O’Leary said the Company will need six months to be able to reimburse passengers who had flights canceled due to the pandemic.
“We are faced with the reality that we will carry far fewer passengers in the next 12 months and that in the next 2 to 4 years we will carry more, however, at much lower ticket prices, reflecting the need for airplanes with lower operating costs, ”said O’Leary.
The CEO believes that the 737 MAX will return to flights between July or August this year, and he expects Ryanair to receive the first units of the model even in the summer in the northern hemisphere (June to September).
“I am very optimistic about some MAX next summer, I am just not sure if there will be 30 or 10 units,” O’Leary told Reuters.
O’Leary also said that Boeing’s $ 25 billion increase in a bond offering on Thursday “removes any doubt about Boeing’s survivability.”
Ryanair, based in Dublin, Ireland, currently transports, according to the Independent, 1,700 passengers per day in primarily regional operations.
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