Southwest cuts 737 Max flights until mid-April as the grounding of the plane stretches into the spring break and Easter.
737 Max flights through early April, as the beleaguered jetliners' return to service continues to disrupt schedules during another busy holiday travel period.
Southwest, the largest U.S. 737 Max customer, said Tuesday it will pull about 300 flights a day from its daily weekday schedule of about 4,000 flights through April 13 because of the flight ban. U.S. carriers are increasingly betting the ban will leave them without the fuel efficient planes for more than a full year.of the planes by the end of the year as Boeing expected. The planes have been grounded since mid-March after two fatal crashes in a span of five months.
Southwest's schedule change comes less than a week after a similar move by American Airlines, and indicates it doesn't expect to have the plane back in service for the busy spring and Easter break periods. Last week, Southwest said it reached a compensation agreement with Boeing over the Max grounding, which it has said cost the carrier $435 million in operating income this year through the third quarter. Southwest didn't disclose the terms but said it plans to share $125 million with employees.
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