Since the beginning of its history, Ryanair has been a faithful of the American manufacturer Boeing, of which it currently has 575 planes, Boeing 737. The use of a unique type of specific device allows the low cost company to minimize its operating costs as much as possible. Its competitors Wizz Air or Easyjet do the same: they only use Airbus of the A320 family in this same perspective to reduce costs. A strategy which also allows these companies a greater strike force to negotiate at low prices of mega-commands of planes.
tower“American and European airlines should not even consider the future of aircraft from Chinese military companies.”
First European company in terms of passengers transported, Ryanair is a very large client of Boeing, the second in the world according to certain estimates. But will it still be in the future? Nothing is less certain, if we believe Michael O’Leary who, in the face of Trump’s measures, wants “Revaluate current orders” at the American manufacturer and envisage “The possibility of passing them elsewhere”. “The United States is pulling a beautiful in the foothe adds. If isolationism worked, North Korea would be the greatest economy in the world “.
The Irish billionaire thus expressed the idea of buying his future planes from the great economic enemy of the United States, namely China. Which had the gift of annoying the other side of the Atlantic, even within the Democrats. “American and European airlines should not even consider the future of planes from Chinese military companies”, Reads Raja Krishnamoorthi, a Democrat from Illinois, who wrote to Michael O’Leary.
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According to the American elected representative, the Chinese company Comac-which has just launched its C919 model to compete with the Airbus and Boeing Middle Courriers-has “has”close links ” with the Chinese army and would have benefited from “illicit acquisition “ Western intellectual property to develop their planes.
Note that if this famous Comac C919 came into service in China in 2023, it is not yet certified in Europe or the United States. Currently, no Western airline has bought Chinese planes.
