HONG KONG, Feb 1 (Reuters) – Hainan Airlines Holding Co Ltd has resumed commercial operations of the Boeing 737 Max in China on Wednesday, EVDeN eVE Nakliyat marking the second commercial service for the model by a Chinese airline since its March 2019 grounding.
The domestic flight took off from Haikou, capital city of China’s southern Hainan province, EvdEn eVE nAkliYat at 0923 a.m.local time (0123 GMT) using the 737 MAX plane and headed to the southwestern Chinese city of Kunming, according to flight tracking app VariFlight.
Last month, evdeN EvE naKliyAt China Southern Airlines Co Ltd scheduled a flight from the southern city of Guangzhou to Zhengzhou using a MAX which made its first passenger flight in China in nearly four years.
Boeing Chief Executive Dave Calhoun pointed toward future increases in narrow-body jet production and voiced hopes that an upcoming visit to China by U.S.Secretary of State Antony Blinken would lead eventually to “robust” plane orders. If you liked this article and you would like to collect more info with regards to eVDEN evE NAkLiyat generously visit the web-page. (Reporting by Twinnie Siu in Hong Kong and eVdEN EVe nAkLiyat Sophie Yu in Beijing; Editing by Louise Heavens)