Ryanair is confident that Boeing will ramp up its production of 737 MAX jets to 38 per month this summer and will be allowed by U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to then increase that to 42,

The president has claimed the previous administration abandoned the astronauts and has called on Elon Musk for aid.

A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft is already scheduled to return the astronauts under a plan announced by NASA in August.

President Donald Trump posted to Truth Social that he's asked Elon Musk and SpaceX to retrieve two astronauts he says were "abandoned" by former President Joe Biden on the International Space Station.

In a post on X Tuesday, Musk blamed former president Biden and his administration for the delay in the astronauts' return.

President Donald Trump's nominee to head the U.S. Transportation Department said he will keep in place a cap on production of Boeing 737 MAX planes put in place after a mid-air panel blowout last year until he is satisfied it can be safely raised.

Despite the statement from President Trump, NASA had already scheduled the astronauts' return for late March or April.

Billionaire Elon Musk on Tuesday (local time) said that US President Donald Trump had asked him to facilitate the return of the two Boeing Starliner astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, who have been on the space station since June 2024.

But a category within the GDP data that measures the economy’s underlying strength rose at a healthy 3.2% annual rate from July through September, slipping from 3.4% in the third quarter. This category includes consumer spending and private investment but excludes volatile items like exports, inventories and government spending.

Trump said he didn't know what caused the crash, but said "we have some very strong opinions and ideas."

In a news conference Thursday morning, Trump questioned the role of the helicopter pilot, air traffic control, and faulted his predecessor in the fatal midair plane collision.