UPDATE 3-FAA tells U.S. airlines it could approve MAX return to service before mid-year -sources
January 24, 2020 at 17:48 PM EST
Federal Aviation Administrator Steve Dickson called senior U.S. airline officials on Friday and told them the agency could approve the grounded Boeing 737 MAX's return to service before mid-year - a faster time frame than the planemaker suggested this week, people briefed on the calls said.