Dubai-based global aviation services company to acquire 15 of the aircraft
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Dubai Aerospace completes American Airlines deal for 18 Boeing 737 Max 8
Purchase and leaseback agreement was originally signed back in the third quarter of 2020
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Video: Future of Boeing 737 Max aircraft remains uncertain
Even as the air travel industry struggles during the Covid-19 pandemic, Boeing is still aiming to get its 737 Max planes back in the skies, despite being grounded in the wake of two deadly crashes.
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Boeing MAX 737 likely to be biggest ever insurance payout
S&P Global Ratings says twin crashes and the subsequent global grounding of the aircraft amounts to the ‘worst disaster in the history’ of aviation insurance
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Oman Air cancels 300 flights amid ongoing Boeing 737 Max suspension
A number of Oman Air’s destinations remain affected by the grounding of the Boeing 737 Max
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So when will the Boeing 737 Max fly again?
Flydubai, which has idled 14 Max planes that have been delivered out of 251 ordered, says it has had to delay the Oct 1 launch of flights to Budapest
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US FAA chief says no 737 MAX fix yet ahead of fence-mending summit
In a sign of the work remaining to be done before the MAX 8 can fly again, interim FAA chief Dan Elwell said his agency has not yet received Boeing’s proposed fix for the automated control system blamed in the crashes
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Boeing Max could stay grounded beyond this year: Indonesia
Even after the US Federal Aviation Administration clears the plane to return to service, Indonesia will make its own determination based on its review of the proposed fixes
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Boeing ‘sorry’ for Flydubai 737 Max groundings
Boeing spokesperson said the company is working on earning the trust of its customers around the world and working to ensure the 737 Max returns to the skies
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Boeing CEO defends 737 Max software system as grounding drags on
Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg refused to concede that the so-called MCAS software was defective and said Boeing followed appropriate protocols in designing it
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Saudi’s Flyadeal to decide on $5.9bn Boeing 737 MAX order, says CEO
The national airline Flyadeal could opt for comparative narrow-body jet Airbus A320neo instead
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Boeing 737 Max ‘an important part’ of Flydubai’s future, says CEO
Flydubai CEO Ghaith Al Ghaith said possible compensation from Boeing will be ‘discussed at the right time’
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UAE’s aviation regulator to review Boeing’s 737 Max planes
UAE’s General Civil Aviation Authority part of multi-nation review of the Boeing 737 Max automated flight-control system
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Ethiopian 737 pilots followed Boeing guidelines before crash
Ethiopian Airlines plane went down soon after taking off on March 10, killing 157 people in the second deadly crash of a Boeing 737 MAX aircraft in less than five months
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Boeing says it needs more time to complete 737 Max software fix
An issue with integrating the software fix and the plane’s existing flight-control architecture came to light as Boeing did a final audit of the upgrade
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Oman Air cancels almost 500 flights over Boeing 737 Max suspension
Oman Air issued an update of flights cancelled during April
Aviation
Boeing 737 MAX makes emergency landing
Southwest said the plane experienced an engine problem ‘shortly after take-off’