Garuda Indonesia airline said the decision to cancel the multibillion-dollar order was due to fears “its business would be damaged due to customer alarm over the crashes.”
Technicians carry a ladder as they prepare to check Garuda Indonesia's Boeing 737 Max 8 airplane parked at the Garuda Maintenance Facility AeroAsia, at Soekarno-Hatta International airport near Jakarta, Indonesia, March 13, 2019.Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.Indonesia’s flag carrier has requested cancellation of a $6 billion order for 49 Boeing 737 Max jets, citing customer concerns, the company confirmed Friday.
Airline Garuda Indonesia ordered 50 of the aircraft in 2014 and has taken receipt of just one since then. A spokesperson for the airline said it sent a letter to Boeing on March 14 to cancel its order for the remaining number. The FBI has reportedly joined a criminal investigation of the certification process for the jets, and the Department of Transportation has also launched a probe of the Federal Aviation Administration's approval of the aircraft.
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