The stance from Air Canada and WestJet Airlines Ltd., which collectively tout 37 Max 8s in their fleets, comes amid a wave of requests from worried travellers so far excluded from goodwill policies.
The crash, which claimed the lives of all 157 people on board -- including 18 Canadians -- has raised concerns over parallels to a Lion Air crash of the same model of aircraft in Indonesia last October that killed 189 people. The United Kingdom is the latest jurisdiction to ground the 737 Max 8 as a precautionary measure, following similar moves by Australia, Singapore, Ethiopia, Indonesia and China.
Canadian Transport Minister Marc Garneau said yesterday it would be premature to speculate about the cause of the accident and that his department is working with the American Federal Aviation Authority to determine if action is required. Boeing said late Monday the FAA has told the U.S.-based aircraft manufacturer it must install safety-related software updates to the 737 Max 8s.
Keeping my money. Not flying anywhere.
Not getting on to that flying death aircraft
Disgraceful— last country to ban Thalidomide too, years ago. Canada will never be a World power until it develops a World conscience.
AirCanada and WestJet are terrible at customer service it's no surprise they'd risk killing passengers to save some money.
Well they did just have one of their planes fail crash killing 157 & 14 being Canadians soooo