Seoul — The International Air Transport Association (IATA) expects it could take until August before the Boeing 737 MAX returns to service, the airline group’s head said on Wednesday, adding that the final say on the timing rested with regulators. The 737 MAX was grounded globally in March after a crash in Ethiopia killed all 157 people on board, the model’s second deadly crash in five months. “We do not expect something before 10 to 12 weeks in re-entry into service,” IATA director-general Alexandre de Juniac told reporters in Seoul. “But it is not [in] our hands, it is in the hands of regulators.” IATA plans to organise a summit with airlines, regulators and the manufacturer in five to seven weeks to discuss what is needed for the 737 MAX to return to service, he said. At an IATA meeting in Montreal last week, airline members said they wanted regulators to co-operate closely on the decision for the plane’s re-entry to service, de Juniac said. “We hope that they will align their ti...
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