Threats on the part of Ryanair, the largest European cheap carrier and one of the largest Boeing clients, is the latest signal of the potential reorganization of the World Air and Cosmic Industry, if US President Donald Trump does not exclude this sector from his tariff plans.
However, considering that Comac is not yet certified in Europe, and the main rival of Boeing, Airbus claims that the reserves for the rest of the decade are already sold out, Ryanair may have difficulties in realizing its threats, says one of the industry sources to which the Reuters agency is appointed.
President Ryanair Michael O'Leary wrote in a letter to the high -ranking American legislator, that Trump's duties can threaten 330 Boeing 737 Max aircraft, which his airline has ordered and whose catalog price exceeds $ 30 billion.
“If the US government continues its ill -considered plan to impose duties and if these duties significantly affect the price of the export of Boeing aircraft to Europe, then we will certainly consider both our current Boeing orders again and the ability to place these orders elsewhere,” said O'Leary.
The letter that the Reuters agency saw was a response to the warning of the US Congressmen, Democrat of Illinois, Raja Krishnamoorthi, regarding the effects of security that Ryanair would have the implementation of an earlier suggestion that he is considering ordering from Comac.
The threat of canceling orders meant tone tone from O'Leary. In March, he said that Boeing directors privately expressed the certainty that the aircraft would be released from Trump's tariffs.
According to industry sources, O'Leary's comments contained in the letter can be partially tactical intervention before the period of potentially difficult negotiations with Boeing.
O'leary wrote in a letter that the Irish airline had not conducted any talks with comac about the purchase of aircraft from around 2011, but “of course” would consider such a possibility if they were 10-20 percent. cheaper than the planes of the main rival of Boeing, Airbus.
Airbus is the only competitor of Boeing on the market of large narrow -hilly aircraft, which are currently certified in Europe.
No Western airline bought a comac aircraft. The Chinese company has submitted a certification application for its C919 jet in Europe, but not in the United States.
The C919 jet has about 150 seats or to about 190 in a dense layout, it is smaller than Boeing aircraft, which is currently the years of Ryanair.
The threat from Ryanair appears when Boeing intends to sell potentially dozens of aircraft, whose export to China was blocked by customs.
Source: Reuters
