Airlines face record high summer travel season amid 737 MAX freeze originally appeared on abcnews.go.comAirlines are again expecting a record high number of passengers to fly this summer, according to a trade group, despite the worldwide groundings of the Boeing 737 MAX after two fatal crashes. To handle that increase of 3.4 % from last summer’s record 248.8 million passengers, airlines are expected to add 111,000 seats per day through larger aircraft and more frequent service. Experienced the MCAS software update performing safely in action during a 737 MAX 7 demo flight. Learn more: https://t.co/w2XaPA1jyS pic.twitter.com/Fe6D7Guolf — Dennis A. Muilenburg (@BoeingCEO) April 3, 2019In anticipation of the grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft to be extended into the the summer season, airlines have already taken the high-selling aircraft out of its schedules. (MORE: Lawmakers grill FAA chief over safety questions involving Boeing 737 Max 8)Boeing has not yet submitted the software upgrade and training revisions for approval from the FAA.

Source: ABC News May 21, 2019 22:18 UTC