18 May: "Boeing Needs to Get Its Sh*t Together!" Blasts Europe's Largest Airline; Russia Sanctions Bite; China 737 Crash "Deliberate Nosedive"; SriLankan Privatisation, & More

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Hello, here’s your Aviation Briefing for Wednesday 18 May 2022

“Boeing needs to get its sh*t together!” says the CEO of Europe’s largest airline, Ryanair, as the US aircraft manufacturer grapples with multiple crises across its business. The low-cost airline, one of the largest Boeing customers in the world, blasted the company's “very poor management” and has called for a shakeup at the top of the company.

A clearly frustrated Chief Executive Michael O’Leary unleashed a damaging attack on the company, stating he agrees with the world’s second-largest aircraft leasing company which earlier stated, “Boeing has lost its way.” The European carrier has ordered nearly 400 jets from Boeing since 2010. "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 added.