The “International Air Transport Association”, in short IATA, expects to wait till August before taking the “Boeing Co 737 MAX” back to service, revealed the Head of the airline group on Wednesday, May 29, 2019.
Moreover, it was also informed that the final call on timing will be taken by the regulators. Following the fatal crash of “737 MAX” over Ethiopia in March, the model was “grounded globally”, as all the passengers aboard the plane had lost their lives, which also happened to be “the model’s second deadly crash” within a span of five months.
In the words of the Director General of IATA, Alexandre de Juniac:
“We do not expect something before 10 to 12 weeks in re-entry into service. But it is not our hands. That is in the hands of regulators.”
There are plans of organising a summit for “airlines, regulators and Boeing”, which IATA hopes to hold in five to seven weeks’ time in the hope of discussing about the requirements for the return of the 737 MAX to service.
Furthermore, de Juniac also mentioned that the airline sector has suffered for six months under increasing cost of “fuel, labour and infrastructure” while trade tensions seems to keep surging. There are expectations that IATA would lower its profit forecast for December 2019 which was thought to be “$35.5 billion”. The update could be made during the company’s annual meeting which is scheduled to place in Seoul on June 02, 2019.
Last week, IATA held a meeting in Montreal for the operators of 737 Max, wherein the airline members expressed their wish to see the regulators co-operating with the “decision for the plane’s re-entry to service”. Alexandre de Juniac added:
“We hope that they will align their timeframe”.
As per Reuter’s sources:
“The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) expects to approve the jet’s return to service as soon as late June, representatives of the U.S. air regulator informed members of the United Nations’ aviation agency in a private briefing last week”.
References:
reuters.com
Moreover, it was also informed that the final call on timing will be taken by the regulators. Following the fatal crash of “737 MAX” over Ethiopia in March, the model was “grounded globally”, as all the passengers aboard the plane had lost their lives, which also happened to be “the model’s second deadly crash” within a span of five months.
In the words of the Director General of IATA, Alexandre de Juniac:
“We do not expect something before 10 to 12 weeks in re-entry into service. But it is not our hands. That is in the hands of regulators.”
There are plans of organising a summit for “airlines, regulators and Boeing”, which IATA hopes to hold in five to seven weeks’ time in the hope of discussing about the requirements for the return of the 737 MAX to service.
Furthermore, de Juniac also mentioned that the airline sector has suffered for six months under increasing cost of “fuel, labour and infrastructure” while trade tensions seems to keep surging. There are expectations that IATA would lower its profit forecast for December 2019 which was thought to be “$35.5 billion”. The update could be made during the company’s annual meeting which is scheduled to place in Seoul on June 02, 2019.
Last week, IATA held a meeting in Montreal for the operators of 737 Max, wherein the airline members expressed their wish to see the regulators co-operating with the “decision for the plane’s re-entry to service”. Alexandre de Juniac added:
“We hope that they will align their timeframe”.
As per Reuter’s sources:
“The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) expects to approve the jet’s return to service as soon as late June, representatives of the U.S. air regulator informed members of the United Nations’ aviation agency in a private briefing last week”.
References:
reuters.com
