EXPLAINER: Why the world’s biggest airlines are parking dozens of massive jets at a remote Spanish airport – echoing the Covid-era shutdown

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• – Spanish airport is used as a storage site for dozens of grounded Boeing 737 MAX jets
• – The move is a result of global grounding of the aircraft after a 2018 crash
• – Similar to the Covid-19 pandemic shutdown, airlines are grounding the planes for maintenance and inspection