'We have sent a letter to Boeing requesting that the order be cancelled'JAKARTA: Indonesia's national carrier Garuda has told Boeing it will cancel a multi-billion-dollar order for 49 Boeing 737 Max 8 jets after two fatal crashes involving the plane, in what is thought to be the first formal cancellation for the model. "We have sent a letter to Boeing requesting that the order be cancelled," Garuda spokesman Ikhsan Rosan said. Garuda is also talking to Boeing about whether or not to return the plane it has received, the spokesman told AFP. There is a risk that Garuda's rival Lion Air, which also has many 737 MAX 8 orders, might make the same decision," he said. Lion Air operates 10 Max 8 jets, part of a then-record $22 billion order from Boeing made in 2011.

Source: Ethiopian News March 22, 2019 06:33 UTC