Boeing's fast-selling 737 MAX airliner was grounded worldwide in March after an Ethiopian Airlines crash, just five months after a similar disaster on a Lion Air flight. U.S. President Donald Trump urged Boeing to "rebrand" the 737 MAX with a new name in a April 15 tweet, saying "No product has suffered like this one." It is unclear how Barclays selected its respondents and how much they were informed of the Boeing crashes before being asked their opinion. But based on the Reuters/Ipsos poll, even if people were aware of the 737 MAX crashes, that knowledge is not likely to influence their travel decisions. Still, 21% of respondents picked the low-cost airline as their preferred carrier, up from 19% in a similar Reuters/Ipsos poll that ran in June 2017.

Source: Ethiopian News May 15, 2019 09:56 UTC