(Alliance News) - Ryanair Holdings PLC has called on Boeing Co to improve quality control following last week's Alaskan Airlines accident, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.

Chief Executive Officer Michael O'Leary said Ryanair's profit will be hurt and fares will need to increase this summer thanks to delayed deliveries and other issues facing Boeing and its rival Airbus SE.

"The real challenge for both Airbus and Boeing is they are both running behind on their plans to increase monthly production," he told the newspaper. "I think that both Airbus and Boeing, certainly Boeing, need to significantly improve quality control."

https://www.ft.com/content/9c40e8ce-5828-4fa9-b7ae-c183c1ac2a63

Arlington, Virginia-based Boeing faced fresh negative publicity after a section of a 737-9 Max plane fell off during an Alaskan Airlines flight on Friday. Following the incident, the US air safety regulator said it was grounding some Boeing 737 MAX 9 jets pending inspections.

Ryanair operates a fleet of about 540 aircraft. The vast majority of these are Boeing jets, and the Dublin-based budget airline has a further 410 Boeing 737 planes on order, making it a key customer for Boeing.

Shares in Boeing closed down 8.0% at USD229.00 in New York on Monday and were down a further 0.8% in pre-market trade on Tuesday. On Tuesday morning in Dublin, Ryanair's shares were trading 0.8% lower at EUR18.28 each.

By Emma Curzon, Alliance News reporter

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