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Confident their narrowbodies will carry passengers by early 2021.
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Sean Broderick

As regulators and Boeing work to finalize 737 MAX pilot training and return-to-service requirements, several operators of the grounded model are growing more confident that they will have some of their newest Boeing narrowbodies carrying revenue passengers by early 2021 at the latest.
 
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Jens Flottau

The COVID-19 pandemic is changing airline fleet planning fundamentally. Some older models such as the Airbus A340 or the Boeing 747 are being retired as passenger aircraft, yet others will survive and be used to rebuild air travel once demand comes back.
 
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