Alaska Airlines in the United States had suspended the operation of Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft after an accident in which a window panel of one of the planes was blown off during flight, but from the 26th it will begin operating aircraft that have been inspected. We have resumed.
Following an accident on January 5th in which a window panel of a Boeing 737 MAX 9 passenger plane operated by Alaska Airlines was blown off over the state of Oregon in the western United States, the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) ordered the suspension of operations of the same type of aircraft. On the 24th, the necessary inspection and maintenance procedures were approved for the aircraft to resume operations.
In response to this, Alaska Airlines resumed operations of the same type of aircraft, which had been confirmed to be safe through inspection, starting with flights departing from Seattle, Washington, on the afternoon of the 26th local time.
The inspection will take up to 12 hours per aircraft, and will be carried out in stages over the next weekend.
Among the airlines operating the same type of aircraft, United Airlines, a major American airline, has also begun inspections and hopes to resume operations by the 28th.
As a result of the accident, Alaska Airlines is expected to cancel more than 3,000 flights in January, which will cause a decline in profits of $150 million, or approximately 22 billion yen in Japanese yen, for the year.31 There is a lot of interest in Boeing's response and the impact on its business results, which will announce its financial results on the same day.