Another commercial battle: Chinese companies will now sue Boeing

China was the first country in the world to order its air carriers, on March 11, to suspend flights of this type of aircraft of the North American manufacturer, after two accidents involving the model.

The day before, a 737 MAX Ethiopian Airlines crashed after taking off from Addis Ababa, killing 157 people. Five months earlier, another accident of the same model of the Indonesian Air Lion had made 189 dead.

"Over time, losses (airlines) will grow", says the Chinese Air Transport Association (Cata) in a statement.

At the end of June, the Chinese airline industry will have accumulated losses estimated at 4 billion yuan (520 million euros), according to the badociation.

According to the latest official report, these 13 Chinese airlines have kept a total of 96 Boeing 737 MAX 8 ground.

Earlier this week, the three major Chinese airlines – China Southern, China Eastern and Air China – have formally requested compensation from Boeing.

Boeing had not yet formally submitted the stabilization system update MCAS, whose decision was cited as being behind the accident of Ethiopian Airlines on March 10 and Lion Air on October 29 in Indonesia, announced this week the manager by Interim Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) of the United States. Dan Elwell.

The aircraft manufacturer said last week that the correction was ready to be certified.