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It's too early to know how long the grounding will last or what the ultimate fallout will be, but the news is not good for Boeing.
China's decision to ground the planes came after a second 787 MAX 8 crash in less than six months. An Ethiopian Airlines flight crashed Sunday and a Lion Air flight from Indonesia went down in October.
"A suspension in China is very significant, as this is a major market for Boeing," said Greg Waldron, Asia managing editor at aviation research firm Flightglobal.

What exactly is ETOPS?
ETOPS is an acronym for Extended-range Twin-engine Operational Performance Standards. ETOPS certification allows twin-engine aircraft to fly more than 60 minutes flying time away from the nearest airport that is suitable for an emergency landing.
The new approval for the Airbus A330neo is for ETOPS 285 min. This means that the aircraft is permitted to fly on a route which is not further than 285 minutes flying time with one engine inoperative from the nearest airport that can be used for an emergency landing.

Even Richard Quest, host of CNN's Quest means Business show and the best-known aviation correspondent on the planet, will be hosting an online Q & A session from the comfort of business class. The Newark flight is front-page news in Singapore's The Straits Times, and a leading item on most of the news channels.
Why? Because, if successful, SQ22 will re-establish Singapore Airline (SIA) as the holder of commercial aviation's equivalent of the "Blue Ribbon" fought over so fiercely between the great Transatlantic liners before jets made ships such as the Queen Mary obsolete.

 Next week, Atlas Air will put three more aircraft into service for Amazon, bringing the number of aircraft in operation for Amazon to 38. The last two of the 40 committed aircraft are currently undergoing conversion to freighter configuration and will enter into service with Atlas Air, to be operated on behalf of the e-commerce giant before Thanksgiving.