737 Max's grounding was bigger disaster for us than Covid: Singh
Business Standard|March 21, 2023
‘We refuse to die’: SpiceJet boss says the company's DNA is to never sit and pity itself
DEEPAK PATEL  
737 Max's grounding was bigger disaster for us than Covid: Singh

The grounding of the entire Boeing 737 Max aircraft fleet by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) for over two years was a bigger disaster for SpiceJet than the impact of Covid-19, said Chairman and Managing Director Ajay Singh on Monday.

On March 13, 2019, all Max planes were grounded in India by the DGCA after two of them crashed abroad within a span of six months. This suspension was lifted on August 26, 2021, after Boeing made necessary rectifications in the aircraft.

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