India's air passenger growth which was registering a healthy 20 per cent each month till October last year has come down to 7.42 per cent in February.

Boeing will produce only 42 737 Max aircraft in a month, as opposed to the earlier 52 planes. CEO Dennis Muilenburg said the production cut was temporary and in response to the suspension of deliveries.

Boeing was expected to complete the work last week, but FAA spokesman Greg Martin said the company needs more time to make sure it has identified and addressed all issues

The lawsuit was filed in Chicago federal court by the family of Jackson Musoni, a citizen of Rwanda, and alleges that Boeing, which manufactures the 737 MAX, had defectively designed the automated flight control system

A Boeing official in Seattle said on Wednesday the timing of the software upgrade was \"100 percent independent of the timing of the Ethiopian accident,\" and the company was taking steps to make the anti-stall system 'more robust'

Southwest Airlines Co, American Airlines and United Airlines operate 34, 24 and 14 MAX jets, respectively. The meetings are a sign that Boeing's planned software patch is nearing completion, though it will still need regulatory approval.

IndiGo, forced to cancel about 30 flights daily due to pilot shortage, hiring more than 100 Boeing 737 commander level pilots, primarily those exiting Jet Airways, along with expat pilot amid aggressive capacity expansion.

The equipment, which had been offered as an option, alerts pilots of faulty information from key sensors. It will now be included on every 737 Max as part of changes that Boeing is rushing to complete on the jets by early next week

The global ban in the wake of two tragic crashes, however, has rendered this aircraft's future uncertain for the time being.