Jet Airways has grounded another six aircraft, raising the number of grounded aircraft to at least 48 for defaults on lease payments.The airline's latest round of groundings forced India's aviation minister Suresh Prabhu to convene an emergency meeting.

The airline along with the ministry's secretary and the country's directorate general of civil aviation (DGCA), will hold meetings to discuss the grounding's impact on "advance bookings, cancellation, refunds and safety issues, if any.

Boeing chairman, president and chief executive Dennis Muilenburg has released an open letter reinforcing the company’s commitment to safety, as most of the global fleet of Boeing 737 Max aircraft enters its second week of groundings.

We’ve been working in full cooperation with the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, the Department of Transportation and the National Transportation Safety Board on all issues relating to both the Lion Air and the Ethiopian Airlines accidents since the Lion Air accident occurred in October last year,” says Muilenburg.

In his letter, Muilenberg also reiterated that a software update and related pilot training for the Max will be released soon, which “will address concerns discovered in the aftermath of the Lion Air Flight 610 accident.

UK civil aviation regulators have announced that they will establish their own airline blacklist under contingency plans drawn up should the UK crash out of the EU without a withdrawal agreement.

This list would be set up on the date of the UK’s exit from the EU – currently set for 29 March – and will “mirror” the European Commission’s current blacklist.

Unlike the European Commission’s blacklist, the UK’s equivalent would not be contained in legislation because “it does not itself impose the bans but reflects bans that have been imposed by the exercise of statutory powers”.