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During Ryanair's (RYAAY) earnings conference call, the company's CEO Michael O'Leary said that, "by the time we get to sometime in 2024, '25, we would like to be back at disclosures with Boeing [BA] on a new aircraft deal, but Boeing have to sort out their own kind of manufacturing challenges at the moment, and they're going to deliver what they've committed to first before we can actually start negotiating new aircraft orders with any bit of -- any sense of confidence that Boeing -- in the meantime, Airbus [EADSY] are marking up huge amounts of Boeing's market share... I have no doubt that once they sort out the current production problems, they will -- Boeing will want to recapture market share. And when that timing comes about, they know where -- we'll be there working with them, but only on pricing that makes it economic for us to continue to grow as Boeing's principle is kind of standard there -- here in Europe. "Boeing relationship, look, it's challenged at the moment. It is very difficult. But we've come to the realization, we have to work with Boeing. They are continuing -- they are challenged with production in Seattle. We accept now we won't get the 51 aircraft that they had originally contract delivered to us by the end of April. I think if we get to 40 or 45 aircraft by the end of June, that still allows us to maintain our ambitious traffic projection -- or traffic growth projections out to FY '24. I think over that period of time, the -- that their blockages -- production blockages which will work their way out of the system. We are back having discussions with them about the new aircraft," the executive added. "We are receiving some modest compensation from Boeing for these delivery delays, but really compensation is not that attractive to us... It is difficult because they are continuously failing to meet their delivery obligations to us. But I think we're at a stage where we recognize we have to work with Boeing as best we can."