American Airlines announced Sunday it would scrap some 115 flights per day in the coming months because its fleet of Boeing 737 MAX planes is being grounded until August 19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
America’s leading airline had \npreviously only planned to keep the planes out of commission until June \n5, with Boeing facing intense scrutiny after 157 people died in an \nEthiopian Airlines 737 MAX crash on March 10 — the second deadly crash \ninvolving the aircraft in five months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The global fleet of 737 \nMAX planes has been barred from flying since mid-March. “These 115 \nflights represent approximately 1.5 per cent of American’s total flying \neach day this summer,” American Airlines chairman and CEO Doug Parker \nsaid in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But he stressed his confidence in the \naircraft overall. “Based upon our ongoing work with the Federal Aviation\n Administration and Boeing, we are highly confident that the MAX will be\n recertified prior to this time ,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Once the MAX is \nrecertified, we anticipate bringing our MAX aircraft back on line as \nspares to supplement our operation as needed during the summer.” \nAmerican Airlines had lowered one of its first quarter indicators in \nlight of the Boeing 737 MAX 8 planes being grounded, along with the \npartial US government shutdown and technical challenges.\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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