Ryanair eyes Airbus for Laudamotion, Boeing MAX 10 for main fleet

Ryanair eyes Airbus for Laudamotion, Boeing MAX 10 for main fleet
FILE PHOTO: A Ryanair Boeing 737-800 plane taxis at Lisbon's airport, Portugal September 27, 2018. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante/File Photo Copyright Rafael Marchante(Reuters)
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Ryanair is in early discussions with Airbus about a potential future order for some 100 A321 aircraft for its recently acquired subsidiary Laudamotion, but for now the company is focusing on leased older aircraft, Chief Executive Michael O'Leary said on Wednesday.

The Irish budget carrier is also interested in the latest Boeing narrow-body model - the 737 MAX 10 - for its all-Boeing main fleet "at the right price" but those conditions do not exist currently, O'Leary told Reuters in an interview.

Any future order of Airbus A321s for Austrian unit Laudamotion would most likely "not include fewer than 100 aircraft" including 50 firm orders and 50 options, O'Leary said on the sidelines of an airlines conference in Brussels.

(Reporting by Tim Hepher; editing by Jason Neely)

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