American Airlines Will Cancel 115 Max Flights a Day Through Busy Summer Travel Season

American Airlines became the second major airline Sunday to reduce its summer flight schedule because of the grounding of troubled Boeing 737 Max aircraft.Fort Worth-based American, the world's largest carrier, said it will cancel 115 flights a day through Aug. 19 because of ongoing problems with getting the Max back in service. The U.S. and other countries halted all passenger flights on the Max in mid-March after a second deadly crash blamed on the plane's anti-stall software.On Thursday, Dallas-based Southwest Airlines removed the Max from its schedules through Aug. 5. It flies the most Max planes of any airline, with 34 in its fleet of 750 jets. That's a little less than 5% of its fleet.  Continue reading...

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