New Delhi: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Thursday allowed Boeing 737 Max to fly in the Indian airspace again, after carrying out the safety modification needed.
Boeing 737 Max Planes is based globally in March 2019 after two crashes in 5 months.
Recently, these planes were allowed to fly back by regulators from various countries as well as the US, EU and UAE – after undergoing hardware updates and the software needed for safety.
Meanwhile, Spicejet – the only Indian carrier with B737 MAX in India – signed a settlement with Avolon, a large Lessor of Max aircraft, opening the way for aircraft 737 Max Airline to start returning to the service …
around the end of September 2021, subject to regulatory approval .
“Overall, India has eighteen Boeing 737 Max Planes – five ex-jets and 13 spicejet – on the running Launched the airline early next year with the Max B737 fleet.
Ex-Jet Max has been flown by Lessors.
The Head of the DGCA Arun Kumar issued an order that canceled the distribution of B737-8 / 9 March.
“This settlement allows the operation of the Boeing Company 737-8 model and the Boeing Company model 737-9 (Max) Aircraft only after the satisfaction requirements that apply to service returns, “Kumar said.
Commenting the Spicejet agreement, the Chair of the Airlines and Managing Director Ajay Singh said:” I am happy to share that 737 Max we will immediately return in the air.
When India arises from Covid and air traffic taking again, Max aircraft will play a major role in our future expansion.
With a better and more efficient fleet in operation we expect a significant reduction in operating costs we increase our profits.
“India has banned the max from flying to, from, inside and above India airspace on March 13, 2019.
The Order of Kumar also provides the basis for letting Max fly again in India.
It is said:” Based on changes in design by Boeing, Federal Aviation Administration ( FAA) issued an airway (AD) on November 18, 2020, mandating action for 737 aircraft Max back to the service (RTS).
Along with the issuance of AD, the FAA canceled the emergency prohibition command.
Furthermore, the European Flight Safety Agency (EASA) also issued its own ad on February 17, 2021 which was mandated by DGCA for compliance with the Indian registered fleet.
“Previously in April, DGCA had allowed a registered Boeing 737 plane abroad based on India to be flown abroad.
It also allows offlying maxes that are modified above Indian airspace.
After this, some foreign aircraft registered landed on Various airports in India can do RTS.
DGCA said it had carefully monitored the global trend of the Un-Ground of Max.
“Worldwide 17 Regulators have allowed Operation Boeing 737 Max Airplane.
The airline is quite large (34) with the B737 Max Airplane (345) operates at this time and has reached 1,22,824 total departures with 2,89,537 cumulative hours since the un-grounding of December 9, 2020, without unwanted reporting, “the order is recorded.
Based on this, India has canceled its demands for the pension of Max “subject to Compliance with Mandatory DGCA modifications about India and Ad Registered Aircraft (on) foreign aircraft registered.”