Southwest pulls Boeing Max jets until March, nearly a year after grounding

Southwest Airlines said on Friday it is extending Boeing 737 MAX cancellations until March 6, 2020, just shy of the one-year anniversary of an Ethiopian Airlines crash of the jet that led to a worldwide grounding. Southwest, the world's largest 737 MAX operator and which has bet its entire growth strategy on Boeing's newest single-aisle aircraft, had previously canceled all its 737 MAX flights until Feb. 8. But Boeing Co is facing increasing hurdles in winning approval to return the… (www.yahoo.com) עוד...