The Chinese aviation authority will not yet allow the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft to service
The Chinese aviation regulatory authority will not yet allow the return of troubled Boeing 737 MAX aircraft to service.
He justified this by lingering safety concerns, despite the US lifting the ban on their commercial flights.
Boeing's best-selling aircraft were grounded worldwide earlier last year after two accidents that killed 346 passengers. Since then, these machines have undergone a lengthy test and approval process by aviation regulators around the world.
According to
Beijing State Television, the Chinese Civil Aviation Authority (CAAC) said that there was no timetable for resuming flights. This can be a hard blow to Boeing, as the Chinese market is its largest in the world.
The CAAC added that it wanted "clear" results from fatal accident investigations in Indonesia and Ethiopia. And improvements to aircraft design must be "effective and agreed."
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approved the resumption of commercial operation of this type of aircraft.
According to the results of the investigation, the accidents were probably related to a faulty automated air traffic control system (MCAS).
Feng Chenglin, director of the CAAC, said in October that the reason for the rapid grounding of aircraft in China was "zero tolerance" for potential security risks.
Boeing predicted last week that China would buy more than 8,600 new aircraft over the next two decades as intra-country travel returns to pre-pandemic new
coronavirus levels.