By David Shepardson, Allison Lampert
Washington (Reuters) – An American American legislator warned Ryanair not to buy Chinese manufacturing planes due to security problems, following the CEOs of the CEO of the Irish airline at low prices that he would plan to buy Chinese jets at the right price, according to a letter seen by Reuters.
The American representative Raja Krishnamoorthi, Democrat of Illinois, declared in the letter of April 29 at the CEO of Ryanair, Michael O'Leary, that the plan of the plan of the plane of the plane of the plane of the plane of the plane plan of the plane plan of the plan of the plan of the plan of the plan of the plan of the plan of the plan of the plan of the plan of the plan of the plan of the plan of China has been closely and that she benefited from the illicit acquisition of foreign intellectual property.
“Respectfully, American and European airlines should not even consider the future of aircraft from Chinese military companies,” said Krishnamhi's letter, the best democrat of the Chinese Communist Party committee.
The Chinese government has repeatedly denied the American allegations that its commercial companies steal intellectual property or that they are used to advance Chinese military capacities.
Reuters could not immediately reach Comac to comment.
Ryanair was not immediately available to comment.
Last month, O'Leary told Skift publication that he would command planes from China if the price was correct, echoing the previous signals that the Irish carrier would look for planes beyond Boeing and the European Rival Airbus.
O'Leary's remarks have drawn increased attention in the midst of an American-Chinese trade war which has an impact on Boeing and other aerospace companies. Boeing is a high -level American exporter.
Boeing recently made three maximum planes that had been stationed in China to deliver to Chinese airlines in the United States, and said that a number of its customers in the country would not accept planes due to prices.
The Comac C919 – Designed to compete with the most sold body models from Airbus and Boeing – entered service in China in 2023 after winning domestic safety certification in 2022.
Although it would take years to the C919 to be certified by the European aviation regulator, Krishnamoorthi declared in the letter that Comac tries to dominate the plank plan industry to the detriment of Boeing and Airbus.
Ryanair is waiting to take more Boeing jets, as well as the long -late certification of his max 10, following a wider safety crisis in the plan of the plan of the plan of the plane plan of the plane plan of the plane plan of the plane plan of the plane plan of the plane of the plane of the plane of the plane of the plane of the plane of the plane of the plane of the plane plan of the plan of the plane of the plane of the maximum.
But O'Leary told Financial Times in mid-April that the airline would probably delay the delivery of Boeing Jets if prices were imposed on the plane.
The American aviation industry puts pressure on the White House for the exemptions from the prices, asking them to restore the diet of rights under the 1979 civil aircraft agreement.
(Report by Allison Lampert in Montreal and David Shepardson in Washington; additional report by Joanna Plucinska in London; edition of Joe Brock and Matthew Lewis)
