REGULATOR SAYS ‘ END IN SIGHT’ FOR WORK ON 737 MAX

Boeing’s grounded 737 MAX could receive regulatory approval to resume flying in November and enter service by the end of the year, Europe’s chief aviation safety regulator said on Friday. “There’s an end in sight to work on the MAX,” said Patrick Ky, executive director of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). EASA expects to lift its technical ban “not long” after the U. S. Federal Aviation Administration, probably in November, but national operational clearances needed for individual airlines in Europe could take longer, he said.