According to Bloomberg, MIAT Mongolia Airlines operates a round-trip flight between Ulaanbaatar and Guangzhou on October 10, using the latest variant of Boeing 737, 737 Max 8. As the first country grounds the Max in 2019 after two severe crashed took places in Indonesia and Ethiopia. Ever since then, Boeing 737 Max has not taken off or landed in Mainland China, until this Mongolian one. It is believed as a sign of resuming operation of this aircraft in China for domestic carriers.
China was the first to ground the Max in March 2019 and held off approving its return long after US regulators lifted a ban in late 2020 and Europe and other places followed in subsequent months. Returning the 737 Max to the skies in China and resuming deliveries are critical steps toward helping rebuild Boeing’s balance sheet, which was battered by the lengthy Max grounding and the Covid pandemic.
The Civil Aviation Administration of China, or CAAC, is the regulator and authority monitoring Chinese commercial flights. CAAC removed mandatory group regulation about Boeing 737 Max in December last year. However, with only a few airline test flights, there is no sign of when these aircraft will return to the sky. MIAT Mongolia Airlines is also going to operate several other flights using this aircraft later this month. Additionally, China Southern, the biggest airline in east Asia, has also made several 737 Max at the edge of flight. We look forward to their return to the sky soon and resumed delivery flights from Boeing.
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