HONG Kong startup carrier Greater Bay Airlines’ plans to challenge the dominance of Cathay Pacific Airways have been thrown into disarray, with delivery of an order of Boeing Max 9 jets likely to be delayed after the mid-flight panel blowout on an Alaska Airlines flight.
Greater Bay is midway through a yearlong process to prove to Hong Kong’s Civil Aviation Department that the Max nine jet is airworthy. However, after the Jan 5 near-disaster when a door plug panel blew out not…