Ryanair warns of job losses over Boeing delay

Staff memo comes as Michael O'Leary again criticises Sajid Javid

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Ryanair has warned it may close bases and cut jobs after the date for delivery of its first 10 of Boeing’s grounded 737 Max aircraft was delayed until the autumn.

In a memo sent to pilots on Monday, the Irish low-cost airline said Boeing would not deliver the first aircraft until September or October at the earliest, as Ryanair does not take deliveries during its peak summer months of June, July and August.

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