Ryanair threatens to drop Boeing order if tariffs impact price

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Updated Thu, May 1, 2025, 7:01 AM

STORY: Ryanair could look for an alternate craft supplier to Boeing due to the fact that of U.S. tariffs.

That was the informing from institution CEO Michael O'Leary Thursday (May 1).

He wrote successful a missive the Irish hose would marque the determination if Washington's tariffs impact the terms of planes it has ordered from Boeing.

O'Leary added helium would see Chinese planemaker COMAC.

Ryanair is Europe's largest hose by rider numbers.

It is owed to instrumentality transportation of the last 29 craft from a 737 MAX bid by March adjacent year.

It besides has 150 steadfast orders for the MAX 10, with the archetypal deliveries owed successful 2 years.

But O'Leary called the U.S. government's tariffs 'ill-judged'.

He was responding to a informing by U.S. Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi against Ryanair buying Chinese-made craft owed to information concerns.

That followed erstwhile comments by O'Leary helium would see doing truthful astatine the close price.

O'Leary said successful the missive the Irish hose has not had immoderate discussions with COMAC astir craft purchases since astir 2011.

But helium would see it if they were 10%-20% cheaper than Boeing's main rival Airbus.