Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary said he has been voicing his concerns with Boeing for 18 months, saying their quality control 'has not been acceptable.'
Split screen image of a Boeing 737 MAX 8-200 from Ryanair is landing at Barcelona Airport and Ryanair's CEO Michael O'Leary at the Airlines for Europe Aviation Summit in Brussels, Belgium, on March 20. O'Leary expressed his concerns about missing parts found on Boeing aircraft delivered to Ryanair in media appearances.
“We’ve been saying for 18 months, both publicly and privately to Boeing, that quality control post-COVID as they got back making aircraft has not been acceptable and needs to be improved.” O’Leary added that Ryanair takes 48 hours to inspect newly delivered planes at the company’s hangars in Dublin.“We’re not willing to put an aircraft into service at Ryanair unless we’ve fully satisfied that everything’s there and as it should be,” he said.In January, the CEO said a wrench was found under the floor of one plane during an inspection.
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