The FAA's acting chief says airlines don't need to make more changes to their schedules after they removed the Boeing 737 Max from service through August. The FAA will review software and training changes from Boeing after two of the planes crashed overseas.
have canceled thousands of flights during the busy summer travel season as a result of the grounding and removed the planes from schedules through as late as August.
Elwell and the FAA are meeting with more than 30 foreign aviation regulators in Texas to update them on changes to the 737 Max, including when it may fly again. Elwell reiterated that the FAA has no set timetable for when it will approve changes Boeing has made to the airplane's software and new pilot training following the crashes, paving the way for the jets to return to the skies.
Some aviation regulators have said they will conduct their own analyses of Boeing's software changes.
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