Fleet renewal

http://www.aviationweek.com
Aviation dayly, Mar 1, 2011 :

Ryanair is in the early stages of talks with both Russia’s United Aircraft Corp. (UAC) and China’s Comac regarding a possible order for either the MS-21 or the C919 jet.
O’Leary believes it would not be difficult to convince passengers to fly on Russian or Chinese aircraft. “Passengers want the aircraft to be safe, pretty new and that the flight is going on time.”
O’Leary says Ryanair needs to place an aircraft order any time between now and 2015 if it wants to continue growing. He doesn’t want to resume talks with Boeing by himself, but says that Boeing has to come back to the table.

The Irkut MS-21 is a 150 to 212-seater aircraft, depending on the type. The certification will not take place before 2016.

More information can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irkut_MS-21

The C919 will be built bu Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China. It is a 168 to 190 seater aircraft. First deliveries are also scheduled for 2016.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comac_C919


Whatever choice Ryanair will make, it will definitely be a unique experience for the passengers to fly with a Russian or a Chinese jet.