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JAKARTA: Indonesian national airline Garuda cancels an order for 49 billion Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft after two fatal accidents involving the aircraft, said Friday (March 22) the first official cancellation of the plane. the model.
"We sent a letter to Boeing asking for the cancellation of the order," said Garuda spokesman Ikhsan Rosan.
Garuda pbadengers in Indonesia have "lost confidence and no longer trust them" in the plane, he said, adding that the airline was waiting for a response from Boeing.
Chronology of the Boeing 737 MAX since it was certified by the US Federal Aviation Administration in 2017. (Graph: AFP)
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Garuda had already received one of the 737 MAX 8s, he said, as part of an order for 50 planes worth $ 4.9 billion US at list price when it was announced in 2014
Garuda is also discussing with Boeing to find out whether or not he should return the plane he's received, the spokesman said.
The carrier had so far paid about $ 26 million to Boeing, while Garuda's chief told Indonesian media Detik that he would consider switching to a new version of the single aisle jet.
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"In principle, we do not want to replace Boeing, but perhaps we will replace (these planes) with another model," Gusti Ngurah Askhara, director of Garuda Indonesia, told Detik.
This month, Lion Air, of Indonesia, announced that it was delaying the takeover of four new Boeing 737 MAX 8s after an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 had sunk in a flight to Nairobi, killing the 157 pbadengers on board.
This happened after a plane crash of the same model Lion Air in Indonesia in October, which killed 189 people on board.
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