According to the airline’s website, flights to European destinations were running with moderate delays and a handful of cancellations. After grounding planes, China’s flights are delayed — as usualNobody has grounded more Boeing 737 Max 8 jets than China. With its order on Monday that Chinese airlines idle their fleets of the beleaguered aircraft, 96 planes went out of commission. Chinese airline canceled 62 flights outright on Monday as a result of the grounding, according to VariFlight, an online tracking company. Chinese airlines represent 14 percent of global traffic, according to figures from Boeing, and could account for one-fifth in two decades’ time.

Source: New York Times March 13, 2019 05:07 UTC