That was the word from the budget airline's CEO Michael O'Leary on Tuesday (January 30).

"If Boeing makes great aircraft, we're very confident we have orders for 400 of those aircraft. Some of the U.S. airlines were saying last week, "oh, we might not take those aircraft". I said yesterday, if the American carriers don't want to take the MAX 10, we'll take them."

Boeing is in trouble with regulators, politicians and airlines following an incident on a flight over the U.S. earlier this month.

A cabin panel blew out on a passenger-filled 737 MAX 9 jet operated by Alaska Airlines in early January.

On Monday (January 29), the planemaker said it was withdrawing a request for a key safety exemption.

That could have allowed U.S. regulators to speed up certification of its coming 737 MAX 7.

O'Leary said Boeing had been "unlucky" with the Alaska airlines incident.

He said Boeing needed to improve the quality of the aircraft it was delivering.

But he added he believed some of the criticism it was getting was unfair.