Norwegian will ask Boeing for compensation for not being able to use the aircraft 737 MAX 8

OSLO.- The company Norwegian Air Shuttle, which was to immobilize 18 Boeing 737 MAX 8 after the decision of a dozen countries to close these aircraft after
Two will break down in less than six months, announced that he will demand compensation from the American company.

Norwegian, the third
low cost in

Europe

, had to cancel 19 trips planned for today because the Boeing 737 MAX 8 are of the same type that crashed last Sunday in Ethiopia.

"We will send the total bill to Boeing," said Lbade Sandaker-Nielsen on the site.
www.e24.no. "The Norwegian should not be penalized economically, because a completely new plane can not fly," he said.

The Norwegian company "should not suffer financially from this situation," said the spokesman to AFP.

Boeing, business icon

United States

, is under close surveillance and
suffered heavy losses after its flagship model, which had generated profitable sales for the company, suffered a second fatal accident.

An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 sank on Sunday near Addis Ababa, less than six months after the crash of a similar aircraft from Lion Air in Indonesia. 346 people died. As a result, the European Union and a dozen countries have decided to close their airspace to this model aircraft.

The United States government remained in solitude, which is unique among the vast majority of developed nations in allowing the aircraft to continue flying despite concerns about its flight control system.

In Argentina

Aerolineas Argentinas

and the National Civil Aviation Administration (ANAC) have also decided to suspend the flights of the Boeing 737 MAX 8. Nearly 400 aircraft are in service worldwide.

AFP Agency