Hadvert grounded mannequin in March 2019 after two deadly crashes
Singapore Airways has six of the planes
Australia, Fiji, Japan, India, Malaysia have accepted return
Provides particulars of MAX return in different nations, Singapore Airways fleet
Sept 6 (Reuters) – Singapore’s aviation regulator mentioned on Monday it could approve the return to service of the Boeing Co BA.N 737 MAX greater than two years after the airplane was grounded, changing into the most recent nation within the Asia Pacific area to take action.
The approval relies on operators together with Singapore Airways Ltd SIAL.SI complying with airworthiness directives and extra flight crew coaching necessities, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore mentioned in an announcement.
Singapore grounded the 737 MAX in March 2019 following two deadly crashes. The approval for its return comes months after the mannequin returned to service in the US and Europe, and follows more moderen lifting of grounding orders in different nations, together with Australia, Fiji, Japan, India and Malaysia.
China is the most important market within the area that has but to approve the return of the 737 MAX, although Boeing final month performed check flights within the nation.
Singapore Airways has six of the planes and it plans to take supply of one other eight within the monetary 12 months ending March 31, 2022, the provider mentioned in a presentation in Might.
(Reporting by Jamie Freed in Sydney; Enhancing by Himani Sarkar and Tom Hogue)
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