US air safety regulators will open a review of operations at Boeing after feedback from inspectors assigned to provide oversight for the government showed many feel unable to share their concerns.
The Federal Aviation Administration has upgraded Costa Rican aviation to a Category 1 rating, meaning the country now complies with international standards for safety oversight.
US regulators on Wednesday cleared the Boeing 737 MAX to return to the skies, ending its 20-month grounding after two fatal crashes that plunged the company into crisis.
A surveillance video released this month by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) shows the final moments of a Dec. 31, 2017 Nature Air flight that crashed shortly after takeoff from Islita Airport, killing all 12 people on board.
Enrique Javier Beltranena Mejicano, the CEO of Volaris, says the low-cost airline plans to "freeze growth in Costa Rica" in the face of high operating costs in the country.
