Airline trade group urges countries to agree on Boeing 737 Max return or hurt public trust

Aviation regulators around the world should come to an agreement on when the Boeing 737 Max can return to service, or risk hurting public trust with a piecemeal approach, the head of IATA warned Tuesday. “It will not improve the trust of the general public in the system” if countries have their own plans for the planes’ return, DG Alexandre de Juniac said. The FAA’s new chief Steve Dickson Monday briefed his international counterparts on the certification process of the 737 Max ahead of a UN aviation meeting in Montreal this week. He called for improvements to aircraft design and production standards. The agency said it would be up to individual countries to decide when the planes can fly again and Boeing’s CE earlier this month said that the planes could return to service in phases. <br/>