Malaysia Airlines suspends Boeing 737 MAX jet deliveries due to grounding

14 Jan by Vitaliy Dadalyan

Malaysia Airlines suspends Boeing 737 MAX jet deliveries due to grounding

Malaysia Airlines suspends Boeing 737 MAX jet deliveries due to groundingKUALA LUMPUR/SYDNEY (Reuters) – Malaysia Airlines said on Wednesday it has suspended deliveries of 25 Boeing Co 737 MAX jets, citing the plane’s delayed return to service since it was grounded last year following two fatal crashes. The decision represents another setback for Boeing, which on Tuesday reported its worst annual net orders in decades, along with its lowest number of plane deliveries in 11 years, as the grounding of the 737 MAX saw it fall far behind main competitor Airbus SE. “In view of the production stoppage and the delayed return to service of the 737-MAX, Malaysia Airlines has suspended the delivery of its orders,” the airline said in an email, without saying when it wanted the deliveries to resume.