SpiceJet To Restart B-737 Max Aircraft From October, Ending Ban Of Over 2 Years

Low-cost airline SpiceJet is all set to resume Boeing-B-737 Max aircraft from the first week of October after a two-and-a-half-year long ban.

New Delhi: Low-cost airline SpiceJet is all set to resume Boeing-B-737 Max aircraft from the first week of October after a two-and-a-half-year long ban.

"SpiceJet's Max aircraft will be back in operation from October 5, 2021 when it operates its first flight after a break of around two-and-a-half years," a SpiceJet official told ANI. Recently, India's aviation regulator Director General of Civil of Aviation (DGCA) has given permission to restart the B-737 Max aircraft in Indian skies. The airline company has sent about 20 pilots for simulator compulsory training before resuming operations of Max airplanes.

Aviation industry sources confirmed that SpiceJet's pilots are currently undergoing training in the NCR region.

"The first batch of 20 SpiceJet pilots are doing their training now and will complete it by September 30 this year. The training was held at the SpiceJet Training Academy in Gurugram and at the Boeing Simulator facility in Noida," a SpiceJet official said.