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Southwest Airlines Extends Boeing 737 MAX Cancellations to Oct. 1

Zach Wichter
Zach Wichter
Aviation Industry Reporter
Zach has been interested in things that go since he was a kid. He previously worked at The New York Times and spent much of his time there covering the aviation industry, including contributing to the paper’s reporting on the 737 Max crisis at Boeing. He grew up in Bethpage, on Long Island, and graduated from Northwestern University in 2013 where he majored in journalism and gender and sexuality studies.
June 27, 2019
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Southwest Airlines Extends Boeing 737 MAX Cancellations to Oct. 1
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Southwest Airlines, the largest operator of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft in the US, announced Thursday that the plane would remain off its schedule through September.

The airline had previously planned to reintroduce its MAXes into service on Sept. 2. In a statement, Southwest said it "continues to await guidance from Boeing and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on the impending 737 MAX software enhancements and training requirements."

On Wednesday, the FAA acknowledged that simulator testing of the MAX had revealed a new issue that had to be resolved before flight testing, and eventually recertification, could occur.

Southwest's statement added that the airline remains "confident that, once certified by the FAA, the enhancements will support the safe operation of the MAX."

American and United Airlines both previously announced that they would return their MAXes to service in September, but American's CEO signaled that he was prepared to further delay the aircraft's return to service in the coming weeks.

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