One-by-one the Chinese airlines have begun to resume operations using the Boeing 737 MAX with Fuzhou Airlines joining the list. Fuzhou Airlines has become the third airline in China to operate the Boeing 737 MAX since it was grounded by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) in March 2019.
Fuzhou Airlines is a subsidiary of Hainan Airlines. As per the airline website, both flights arrived at their destination on time after the aircraft flew a roundtrip flight between Fuzhou Changle International Airport (FOC) and Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport (CGO).
China Southern Airlines became the first China-based airline to fly the 737 MAX followed by Hainan airlines.
China was one of the last countries to unground the type following its second fatal crash in March 2019.