Ryaniar is rumoured to be considering a new fare resulting from the concerns over the safety of Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft, following the Alaska Airlines incident.

An airline analyst explained:

Passengers are rightly concerned about flying the Max 9, so airlines are now considering charging a premium to passengers who want to fly on any other aircraft in their fleets, other than than the Max 9.

As Ryanair does not fly any Max 9's in Europe any premium would apply to all tickets since all their flights only use other aircraft.

This would be a smart move by the Irish airline and one that would go straight to their bottom line.

EU spokesperson Ursula Von Richthofen told FNN:

The EU is considering passing a new law that provides a subsidy to all passengers who opt to fly Airbus aircraft in preference to Max 9s.

That should help make them sleepless in Seattle.

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