American Airlines cancels 737 Max flights until Aug. 19
An American Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 sits at a boarding gate at LaGuardia Airport in New York on March 13. By Aaron Gregg Aaron Gregg Reporter covering the defense industry and government contractors.
“By extending our cancellations through the summer, we can plan more reliably for the peak travel season and provide confidence to our customers and team members when it comes to their travel plans,” Parker and Isom wrote. [Boeing CEO apologizes for lives lost and acknowledges role of company's flight-control system in two crashes]
The FAA initially said Boeing would complete the software fix “no later than April.” A Boeing executive, speaking on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the issue publicly, said late last month that the training component of that update had been “provisionally approved” by regulators. The company had initially planned to submit its full package of software and training changes to the FAA for review by the first week of April, but the submission was delayed.
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