Airlines plead for regulators to unite on Boeing 737 Max’s return

Airlines are calling on aviation regulators worldwide to work together to get Boeing Co.’s grounded 737 Max back in the skies and to prevent the regulatory response from splintering and slowing the jet’s return.

As aviation bosses met in South Korea for their biggest gathering since the two 737 Max disasters, Ed Bastian, chief executive officer of Delta Air Lines Inc., led calls for coordinated regulatory action on Boeing’s best-selling aircraft.

Combined approval from authorities across the globe affirming that the jet is safe to fly would help restore bruised consumer confidence in the Max, he said.

“It’s very important that the regulators around the world unite and make a unified determination regarding the safety of the Max,” Bastian told reporters in Seoul. “Keeping politics out of safety matters is important.”