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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