The shock statement comes a year after the African carrier's top exec said the airline would be "the last to start flying the MAX" following a fatal crash in March 2019 and Lion Air accident in Indonesia. Ethiopian Airlines may resume 737 Max 8 flights in July this year after regulators monitored changes to the aircraft which killed 157 people in a deadly air crash in March 2019, CH-Aviation reported on Monday. The news comes as the African carrier is set to ink an "amicable settlement" and keep its 737 MAX aircraft orders, chief executive Tewolde GebreMariam said at a CAPA Centre for Aviation conference last week. Ethiopian and the Chicago-based planemaker may have reached a settlement on compensating victims and the airline for the accident, the report added. According to the report, Ethiopia's attorneys advised the carrier not to accept settlements from Boeing, but file a lawsuit for punitive damages.

Source: Ethiopian News February 15, 2021 11:48 UTC