Ryanair warns of job losses and base shutdowns after 737 Max delays
By Caoimhe Toman
Date: Tuesday 28 Jan 2020
(Sharecast News) - Ryanair warned pilots on Tuesday that it could close bases and cut jobs as the delivery date for some 737 Max aircrafts was delayed to autumn, missing the peak summer months.
Boeing will not deliver the first aircraft until September or October at the earliest, as Ryanair does not take deliveries during its peak summer months of June, July and August, according to a memo dated 27 January.
The airline was expecting to get the first of the ordered planes by March or April which would already have been a few months past the original due date.
According to the Guardian, the memo said the airline's commercial team would be drawing up plans for job cuts over the coming week, with staff to be informed in the first or second week of February.
Eddie Wilson, the budget carrier's boss, wrote that the airline's summer schedule relied on the delivery of the 10 planes. He also apologised to the pilots for the uncertainty.
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