New Delhi: The Boeing 737 MAX on Saturday (Nov. 20) resumed flying passengers in India after 30 months, Budget airline Spicejet has resumed operating scheduled commercial flights from Saturday using the 737 MAX, the airline organized a special flight for employees on Saturday (Nov. 20) to Varanasi.
Billionaire investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala-backed Akasa Air placed an order for 72 Boeing 737 MAX jets valued at nearly $9 billion at list prices.
SpiceJet said in a filing to the domestic stock exchanges, “Boeing has agreed to provide certain accommodations and settle the outstanding claims related to the grounding of 737 MAX aircraft and its return to service.”
As the settlement allow the resumption of new aircraft deliveries from SpiceJet’s order of 155 MAX aircraft, the airline said, adding that it will also pave the way for inducing “efficient and younger MAX aircraft” into its fleet.
SpiceJet is Boeing’s biggest customer in the South Asian nation for the MAX planes.
India’s air safety regulator had cleared in August the 737 MAX aircraft to fly after a near two-and-a-half-year regulatory grounding following two fatal crashes in 2019.
