Norwegian Air expects Boeing's 737 MAX aircraft to remain grounded until at...
FILE PHOTO: Bjoern Kjos, CEO of Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA, attends a press conference presenting quarterly report of the company, in Oslo, Norway April 25, 2019. NTB Scanpix/Ole Berg-Rusten via REUTERS
“If you ask Boeing they still say June or July,” Kjos said at the Paris Air Forum. “But we’re already in mid-June - we’ve planned for the MAX to be out until the end of August.” Norwegian, which operated 18 of the planes, has said the grounding will raise its costs by up to 500 million Norwegian crowns . The low-cost, long-haul operator has delayed disposal of older Boeing 737 models or prolonged leasing contracts while it waits for their MAX replacements.
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