Boeing: 737 MAX return not expected until ‘mid-2020’
By DW
23 January 2020 |
6:41 am
The plane maker has been trying to get its troubled airliner back in the skies after two crashes. Boeing has had its entire 737 Max fleet grounded since March last year.
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