The 737 MAX’s return has suffered several delays, forcing airlines to cancel thousands of flights as they grapple with one of the most complex scheduling problems in decades
By Alison Sider Nov. 8, 2019 6:16 pm ET Southwest Airlines LUV -0.10% Co. and American Airlines Group Inc. AAL -0.42% said Friday that they won’t offer seats on their 737 MAX jets until March, nearly a year after regulators around the world grounded the plane.
Boeing has said it believes regulators could approve the MAX’s return to service in the fourth quarter of this year. An airline official said that while the aircraft might be certified in December, new training procedures may not be approved until January. “There isn’t a full certainty yet, but we feel a lot better about the fact that, indeed, the aircraft is going to get certified sometime in the near future,” he said at an investor conference in Chicago.
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