Boeing 737 Max’s Certification Flight Likely to Occur in October
- Timing consistent with a fourth-quarter return to service
- Company engineers working on hundreds of regulatory queries
Photographer: Stephen Brashear/Getty Images
This article is for subscribers only.
The Federal Aviation Administration is likely to conduct its certification flight for Boeing Co.’s 737 Max in October, a key milestone toward returning the grounded jetliner to the skies, said people briefed on the matter.
That timing would be broadly consistent with Boeing’s estimate that the Max will return to service early in the fourth quarter, but may push the submission of a final certification package slightly beyond September, as the company previously estimated.