{"id":121005,"date":"2022-01-21T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-21T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=121005"},"modified":"2022-01-21T23:23:21","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T23:23:21","slug":"china-southern-completes-737-max-test-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2022\/01\/china-southern-completes-737-max-test-flight.html","title":{"rendered":"China Southern Airlines completes Boeing 737 MAX test flight."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>China Southern Airlines<\/strong>, one of the country\u2019s three biggest carriers, completed a test flight of the Boeing 737 MAX on Friday, as Chinese airlines gear up for the model\u2019s return to service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), the first regulator globally to ground the 737 MAX following two fatal crashes, approved design changes in early December after more than two and a half years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/en\/2022\/01\/allegiant-air-purchases-50-boeing-737-max.html\">U.S. airline Allegiant Air purchases 50 Boeing 737 MAX.<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The regulator had expected airlines to resume commercial flights around the beginning of this year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/boeing-737max-china-southern\/china-southern-airlines-completes-boeing-737-max-test-flight-idUSL1N2U10NJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Reuters<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A MAX 8 belonging to China Southern, the largest 737 MAX operator in the country, took off from its headquarters city in Guangzhou and touched down three hours and 33 minutes later in the same city, according to aviation data provider Variflight. The plane did not carry any passengers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That followed a Hainan Airlines flight on Jan. 9 from Taiyuan, where it had parked some of its grounded 737 MAX, to its base city in Haikou. 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