Boeing (BOE, Washington National) has resumed flight testing of its new B737-8 model on May 12 according to a report by Airways Magazine. Flights had been temporarily suspended earlier this week due to an issue pertaining to a low pressure turbine disc with the aircraft's CFM International LEAP-1B engines.
According to ch-aviation analysis of FlightRadar24 ADS-B data, 9M-LRC (msn 42985), an aircraft due to be delivered to launch operator Malindo Air (Kuala Lumpur International), has conducted four test flights on May 12 and May 13.
Malindo, which will soon be rebranded as Batik Air Malaysia (OD, Kuala Lumpur International), is now scheduled to take delivery of the aircraft on May 22. The airline's chief executive officer Chandran Rama Muthy has confirmed to ch-aviation that the carrier's MAX 8 fleet will operate in a single class configuration equipped with 180 Economy Class seats.
