UPDATE 1-Ryanair CEO says Boeing 737 MAX 10 certification could come in 2025
(Recasts after O'Leary says certification could be in 2025 not Q4 2024)
LONDON, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Boeing's 737 MAX 10 jet may not be certified this year, major customer Ryanair said on Tuesday.
The U.S. planemaker has said it expects the MAX 10 to be certified in 2024 and at a press briefing on Tuesday Ryanair Chief Executive Michael O'Leary initially told journalists that certification is expected in the fourth quarter of the year.
But he then backtracked and said he wasn’t sure that the largest version of Boeing's bestselling jet would be certified before 2025.
"I’m absolutely certain the MAX 10 will get certified,” said O'Leary, who has 150 firm orders for the jet. "I’m not sure they’ll get it certified by the end of 2024." (Reporting by Joanna Plucinska Writing by Conor Humphries and Valerie Insinna Editing by Louise Heavens and David Goodman)
