TUI first European airline resuming MAX-flights

On 17 February, TUI became the first European airline to resume flying the B737MAX. The aircraft in question is OO-MAX (msn 44588), a three-year-old B737-8, which flew from Brussels to Alicante, as TB1011 in about 2,5 hours.

The EASA cleared the MAX fit for duty on 27 January. The next European operators that have said they will relaunch soon are Icelandair (March) and Smartwings (end of this month).

Photo by Peter de Jong, kindly provided by AirHistory.net