Southwest pushes again return of troubled Boeing Max, once more

Southwest Airways delays return of the Boeing 737 Max, once more

Southwest Airways has once more pushed again the return of its Boeing 737 Max jets as Boeing tries to repair the plane following two lethal crashes.

Southwest mentioned Friday that it’ll maintain its Max out of its schedule till March 6, a couple of month longer than beforehand deliberate , citing continued uncertainty.

The airline says it is monitoring info from Boeing and the Federal Aviation Administration about software program enhancements and pilot-training necessities that will likely be a part of returning the aircraft to flight.

With out the planes, Southwest says it’ll cancel about 175 flights every weekday. Southwest had 34 MAX planes after they had been grounded in March and had anticipated extra to be delivered this 12 months.

American and United have taken their Maxes out of the schedule till at the least January.