BEIJING/SYDNEY (Reuters) – A China Southern Airlines Co Ltd flight on a Boeing Co 737 MAX took off on Friday, flight tracking website FlightRadar24 showed, marking the first passenger service on the model by a Chinese airline since March 2019.
The domestic flight from Guangzhou to Zhengzhou departed at 12:45pm local time (0445 GMT), marking a major milestone in Boeing’s attempt to rebuild its business in the world’s second-largest aviation market.
(Reporting by Sophie Yu in Beijing and Jamie Freed in Sydney; Editing by Christopher Cushing)