CAAV proposes permission for import of Boeing 737 Max aircraft
The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) said on September 20 that it has sent a document to the Ministry of Transport asking for permission to conduct procedures to allow Boeing 737 Max aircraft to fly to/from Vietnam’s territory, and to grant certificates for this type of aircraft to be imported into Vietnam.
A Boeing 737 Max in a trial flight prepares to land in Seattle city of Washington state, the US. (Photo: AFP/VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV)said on September 20 that it has sent a document to the Ministry of Transport asking for permission to conduct procedures to allow Boeing 737 Max aircraftto fly to/from Vietnam’s territory, and to grant certificatesfor this type of aircraft to be imported into Vietnam.
CAAV Director Dinh Viet Thang has worked withrepresentatives of the aircraft manufacturer Boeing to update the operationstatus of Boeing 737 Max aircraft in the world and reported this content to theministry.
According to information updated by Boeing, 178out of 195 aviation authorities in the world have lifted bans on Boeing 737 Maxaircraft, including re-issuance of standard airworthiness certification,authorisation to fly to/from their territory and transit through their airspacefor this aircraft.
After being allowed to operate again by the US FederalAviation Administration (FAA) and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), more than 360Boeing 737 Max aircraft of 35 airlines around the world have now been operatingagain.
As of September 15, after being allowed to resumeoperations, Boeing 737 Max planes have performed more than 150,000 flights with a totalof over 370,000 safe flight hours. The average departure confidence indexis 99.35 percent.
In March 2019, an Ethiopian Airlines crash involving aBoeing 737 MAX 8 jet killed 157 people. In October 2018, a Lion Air 737 MAX 8jet crashed in Indonesia, killing 189 people.
After that, Boeing 737 Max aircraft was banned to conductflights all over the world.
In March 2019, CAAV decided to nullify the grantedlicenses and not to grant new ones for flights using the Boeing 737 Max tooperate in Vietnam’s airspace. In April 2021, the Ministry of Transport agreedwith the CAAV’s proposal to allow the Boeing 737 Max aircraft to transitthrough Vietnam’s airspace./.
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A Boeing 737 Max in a trial flight prepares to land in Seattle city of Washington state, the US. (Photo: AFP/VNA) 
