According to Reuters news wire, Ethiopian Airlines, Africa’s largest airline, will resume services of the controversial Boeing 737 MAX after nearly three years of suspended operations with the aircraft. As of February 1, 2022, the Ethiopian airline will reactivate its fleet of Boeing 737 MAX 8s, of which it owns four, and 27 are pending delivery. As of March 2019, the airline suspended all its 737 MAX operations following the fatal event of flight ET302 where 157 passengers and crew died. - Advertisement -Boeing has to reimburse around USD 1.8 billion to reimburse 737 MAX customers after the grounding of all aircraft. According to Bloomberg’s, sources, Tewolde commented in September that Ethiopian Airlines had reached a separate agreement with the U.S. aircraft manufacturer.

Source: Ethiopian News December 29, 2021 14:05 UTC