China’s Lucky Air is all set to become the fourth airline to resume 737 MAX services after China Southern, Hainan Airways and Fuzhou Airline. Lucky Air is preparing its three B737-8s to re-enter regular service by relocating them to Haikou Airport and putting them through test flights.
As for Lucky Air, the three 737-8s arrived in 4Q of 2018 just prior to the global grounding of the 737MAX and were put into long term storage at Lijian airport.
Lucky Air formally applied to resume 737 MAX operations to the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC). Meanwhile the CAAC has advised the airline to fully assess and manage any safety risks, overview the operating manuals to ensure consistency, and fully train the crews regarding the aircraft's operations and emergency procedures.