As far as I know they are not genuinely partnering with Ryanair. That was a clever negotiating tactic from CEO Michael O'Leary to squeeze more concessions from

As far as I know they are not genuinely partnering with Ryanair. That was a clever negotiating tactic from CEO Michael O'Leary to squeeze more concessions from Boeing. He has always been a tough negotiator with them. Ryanair has a business model based on only keeping one type of jet. There is no way they would put all their eggs in a Chinese made aerial basket at this point.