⁍ Boeing’s grounded 737 MAX could receive regulatory approval to resume flying in November.

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⁍ European Union Aviation Safety Agency expects to lift its technical ban ‘not long’
U.S. Federal Aviation Administration probably in November, but national operational clearances needed for individual airlines to resume flying in Europe could take longer.

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– Boeing’s grounded 737 MAX could receive regulatory approval to resume flying in November and enter service by the end of the year, Europe’s chief aviation safety regulator said Friday. “For the first time in a year and a half I can say there’s an end in sight to work on the MAX,” Patrick Ky, executive director of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency, told Reuters. EASA expects to lift its technical ban “not long” after the US Federal Aviation Administration, probably in November, but national operational clearances needed for individual airlines to resume flying in Europe could take longer, he said. “We are looking at November,” he said when asked when the technical ban would be lifted. China is expected to take longer to give its own approval, he said, without elaborating. Ky said Boeing had agreed to install the computerised third-sensor system on the next version of the plane, the 230-seat 737 MAX 10, followed by retrofits on the rest of the fleet later. Turning to Boeing’s next development, Ky said EASA would examine the 400-seat 777X development “much more closely” than it would have done if the MAX grounding had not happened and pay particularly close attention to flight control systems.