Ryanair has ordered almost 400 jets from Boeing since 2010. O’Leary claimed that delivery delays on Boeing aircraft had forced Ryanair to change their summer flight schedule.
O’Leary said: “At the moment we think Boeing management is running around like headless chickens, not able to sell aircraft, and then even the aircraft they deliver, they’re not able to deliver them on time.”
He said Ryanair had had to scale back its spring and summer schedules because planes it had expected in April wouldn’t arrive until June.
He added: “I can understand why there may be various challenges manufacturing new aircraft but aircraft that you built and made two years ago that all you had to do was put petrol in them and f* fly them to Dublin, really I don’t understand why you’re taking two to three month delays on that.
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“It is redolent of very poor management performance in Seattle.”
The CEO said Boeing makes great planes but needed to shake up its top management team.
He claimed: “Either the existing management needs to up its game, or they need to change the existing management, would be our view of life.
“We’re very happy to work with the existing management but they need to bloody well improve on what they’ve doing delivering to us over the last 12 months.
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British tourists have faced chaotic scenes at airports this year due to staff shortages in critical areas.
A shortage of security staff has meant that passengers have faced long queues at Manchester and Birmingham airports.
Passengers also faced long queues at Palma airport in Majorca over the weekend, which many fear may also affect the summer season.
British tourists must get their passport stamped on entry and exit to the EU since the Brexit transition period ended.
Boeing has been contacted for comment.
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