ROME, April 17 (Reuters) - Ryanair expects

Boeing ( BA ) to deliver 40 new jets by mid-July, Chief

Executive Michael O'Leary said on Wednesday, broadly in line

with a revised schedule it has previously announced.

Speaking at a news conference in Rome, O'Leary said Ryanair

plans to receive 35 plans from Boeing ( BA ) by the end of June and a

further five in first two weeks of July.

The company was initially due to receive 57 Boeing MAX 8200

planes by the end of April, but a deepening crisis at Boeing ( BA ) had

meant it would deliver just 40 jets before the end of June,

Ryanair said in March.

O'Leary also said he thought a plan for Lufthansa

to take a 41% stake in Italian carrier ITA should go ahead but

with stronger competition remedies.

Ryanair is also sticking with its plan to resume flights to

Tel Aviv on June 3 but will reconsider if the situation is not

safe, he added.