After a comprehensive review that lasted 20 months

Fly Dubai: The first MAX flights will start operating tomorrow

  • The first flight that will be operated by a MAX aircraft will be from Dubai International to Sialkot.

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  • Ghaith Al-Ghaith: "We are completely confident that the plane will return to service and with the high efficiency it enjoys."

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Flydubai reported that the return of the Boeing 737 Max fleet to service, starting tomorrow, comes after a comprehensive review and intense audit process that lasted 20 months, while fulfilling the requirements set by the Federal Aviation Administration, the European Aviation Safety Agency, and the General Civil Aviation Authority. In the country, which included installing software improvements, completing connection separation modification, additional training for pilots, and comprehensive aircraft reactivation activities.

The first trip

The company stated during a remote meeting with the media yesterday, in which the maintenance and engineering team of the tanker participated, that the first flight that will be operated by one of the "Max" aircraft will be from Dubai International Airport to Sialkot International Airport, and the plane will also operate to the destinations of "Fly Dubai." »Other, as of tomorrow, the eighth of April.

She explained that four MAX 8 aircraft and one MAX 9 plane had obtained regulatory approval to join its fleet, indicating that its aircraft of this model would return to passenger service, after the carrier completed all the requirements stipulated in the decree. Safety issued by the regulatory body, the General Civil Aviation Authority, to ensure the safe return of the aircraft to service.

Maintenance

And "flydubai" indicated that each plane underwent about 500 hours of maintenance and work before returning to service, and this exceeds the regulatory requirements. It added that the remaining nine aircraft will return to passenger service in the coming months. It is expected that all MAX aircraft will receive regulatory approvals until June. Next, the carrier pointed out that during the period in which the flydubai fleet, consisting of 11 Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft and three Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft, was suspended, it was carefully preserved and underwent continuous maintenance as part of a storage program. Active aircraft.

The fleet

The company stated that it operates a fleet of 50 Boeing 737 aircraft, of which 14 Max planes include 11 Max 8 and three Max 9 aircraft, while the remaining 36 aircraft in the fleet are 737-800. »The new generation, indicating that Max planes constitute about 28% of its total fleet, and stated that the type of aircraft will be shown to the passengers during the reservation process and upon confirmation of the reservation as well.

The highest standards

"For 20 months, and in an unprecedented period in the history of civil aviation, the attention of the regulatory bodies has been focused on checking the MAX aircraft, which makes it one of the safest aircraft in the world," said the chief executive of flydubai, Ghaith Al-Ghaith. Al-Ghaith added, "During that period, (flydubai) was keen to take care of the aircraft in accordance with the highest international standards to ensure its readiness and in the best condition upon its return to service."

He pointed out that "with the audit that the plane was subjected to, we at (flydubai) were not satisfied with that, but rather our work increased on the regulatory requirements, which makes us completely confident in the return of the aircraft to service and in the high efficiency it enjoys as an integral part of our fleet."

Requirements apply

The company «flydubai» confirmed that it is working closely with the regulatory bodies and the competent authorities in various markets across its network, and will implement all requirements.

It pointed out that it has an order of 251 aircraft, indicating that it has received 14 aircraft from them so far.

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Each aircraft underwent 500 hours of maintenance work and before returning to the

service.

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