United Airlines moving its Boeing 737 MAX jets to short-term storage in Arizona [View all]

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Source: Reuters

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August 28, 2019 / 8:28 AM / Updated 27 minutes ago

Tracy Rucinski 2 Min Read

CHICAGO (Reuters) - United Airlines (UAL.O) is starting to move its 14 Boeing 737 MAX jets to short-term storage in Phoenix, Arizona, which has better weather for stored aircraft and where it will be easier to prepare them for commercial flight again, the carrier said on Wednesday.

Boeing Co’s (BA.N) 737 MAX fleet was grounded worldwide in March after two fatal crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia that killed a total of 346 people within five months.

The aircraft maker is working on a fix for the software at the center of both crashes and is aiming to get the jet back in the air as soon as October, Boeing Chief Executive Dennis Muilenburg told Reuters on Tuesday.

Once the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration approves the new software and pilot training, airlines will have to upload the software changes and run a series of maintenance checks on the jets before flying them again with passengers.



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