On the morning of October 10, a MIAT Airlines Boeing 737 MAX landed in Guangzhou, China, completing the model’s first flight in the country after nearly four years of being suspended from service in the Asian country.
As reported by The Hindustan Times, flight OM235 from Mongolia’s capital, Ulaanbaatar, landed in Guangzhou Monday morning, according to FlightRadar24 and VariFlight.
Boeing declined to comment on the MIAT flight, saying it was continuing to work with regulators and global customers on the safe return of the MAX. The Chinese aviation authority also has not made statements about the flight.
The existence of this 737 MAX operation does not imply a de facto lifting of the suspension, but it does show an unusual relaxation of control of the destination airspace. Similarly, it remains to be seen why MIAT would schedule a MAX family aircraft to fly to China when the suspension of the model remains in effect.
