the boeing 737 MAX in Ecuador, Latin America and the world

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In this special installment we will talk about the Boeing 737 MAX in Ecuador, Latin America and the world, that after the Ethiopian Airlines accident, is staying on the ground.

It is public knowledge what happened last weekend, where 2 terrible plane crashes, one in Colombia and one in Ethiopia, happened and mourned world aviation, but without any doubt, the second has had a greater and media resonance.

The Ethiopian Airlines crash minutes after taking off from Addis Ababa, main airline base, they turned on the alarms of the users, Boeing authorities and operating airlines 737 MAX model-specific 8. Why? It is the second accident of this precise model in less than 6 months and in apparent, situations that would be very similar.

For this reason, since Sunday 10 of March, authorities and airlines have begun grounding planes Boeing 737 MAX and here we will update how the operation of this aircraft is developing minute by minute, where they are 68 airlines that operate it and more than 350 aircraft flying in the world and more than 5.000 aircraft on orders placed.

Ecuador

Let's start with the base country of the blog NLARENAS.com, here are currently only two airlines who operate the Boeing 737 MAX 8, which are:

American Airlines

The airline has in its fleet a total of 24 planes Boeing 737 MAX 8, with whom he flies daily to Quito on his 2 daily frequencies. This operation started 3 April as the second international destination of this airline aircraft. further, the airline had planned to start operations with this aircraft also at guayaquil since may.

On Wednesday 13, American Airlines, after FAA order, He has grounded his entire fleet of 24 boeing aircraft 737 MAX 8.

With this, flights to Quito will undergo modifications, so we could see from cancellations to the shipment of other equipment such as Boeing 767 o el Boeing 737-800NG.

GOAL

The Brazilian that started flights to Quito just on 27 from December to 2018 and he did it with his newest and most modern aircraft, the boeing 737 MAX 8. The airline operates to Quito on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays with these planes.

It should be noted, that the airline has already temporarily suspended the operation of the MAX 8 in its fleet and indicated that all its international operations, including Quito, will continue to operate, but they will be made with the Boeing 737-800NG models, so the operation Marshal Sucre You could have modifications to your itinerary with a technical stop in Manaus, Brazil.

Latin America

In our region they are 4 the airlines that currently operate the Boeing model 737 MAX and its versions.

GOAL

As we already mentioned above, GOL has grounded its fleet of 7 aeronaves Boeing 737 MAX 8.

Aeromexico

The main Mexican airline has indicated that it will also temporarily ground, his fleet of 6 Boeing model aircraft 737 MAX 8, despite initially indicating that it would maintain its operations and confidence in this aircraft.

Argentinian airlines

At the moment, the airline has indicated that it will ground its 5 aeronaves Boeing 737 MAX 8, until they are resolved or more information is available about what happened, you too, This measure comes hand in hand with strong pressure from the pilot unions.

Copa Airlines

For the Panamanian airline it is important to indicate that the same account only in its fleet with Boeing model aircraft 737 MAX 9, aircraft that have not been involved in the accidents, but anyway, countries of the world have forced to stay on land.

Following the instruction of the FAA and in coordination with the Panamanian authority, Copa has landed its fleet of 6 boeing aircraft 737 MAX 9 temporarily until further notice.

World

in the rest of the planet, the operational situation of the MAX has been even more extensive and they are at least 150 aircraft already on the ground and 27 affected airlines.

The countries that have temporarily prohibited the operation of the Boeing 737 MAX in their versions 7, 8 and 9 in their territories are:

• China
• Singapore
• Ethiopia
• Australia
• United Kingdom
• Ireland
• Italy
• Poland
• Germany
• Malaysia
• South Korea
• India
• United Arab Emirates
• Canada
• USA

The most important decision for the present of Boeing 737 MAX gave it EASA – European Aviation Safety Agency by prohibiting any flight operated by this aircraft within its jurisdiction.

The following day and as the last aeronautical entity to pronounce, the FAA in conjunction with Boeing have indicated and given the order via bulletin that all worldwide operations of the Boeing aircraft be suspended 737 MAX in all its models. Although there is no date or time when the aircraft will be on the ground, It is clear the great affectation that the operations of all the airlines that operate this aircraft will have, especially, the majors like American Airlines.

With the prohibitions of these countries, plus the airlines themselves that have left their planes voluntarily and preventively, the list of airlines that have stopped operating for now the Boeing 737 MAX son:

• China Southern
• Air China
• SpiceJet
• Hainan Airlines
• Shanghai Airlines
• Xiamen Airlines
• Lion Air
• Jet Airways
• Shandong Airlines
• Shenzhen Airlines
• SilkAir
• Ethiopian Airlines
• China Eastern
• Lucky Air
• Cayman Airways
• Eastar Jet
• Fiji Airways
• Fuzhou Airlines
• 9 Air
• Kunming Airlines
• Okay Airways
• Norwegian
• Garuda Indonesia
• Comair
• Icelandair
• TUI
• Turkish Airlines
• LOT
• Royal Air Morocco
• Flydubs
• Oman Air
• Sunwing
• Spicejet
• SCAT
• S7 Airlines
• Air Canada
• Westjet
• American Airlines
• United Airlines
• Southwest

We will continue expanding permanently.

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