American Airlines cancels Boeing 737 MAX flights until August, a US travel peak periodUpdatedAmerican Airlines has announced it will cancel 115 flights a day until mid-August due to ongoing problems with the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, as US President Donald Trump urged Boeing to fix and "rebrand" its troubled jetliner. Southwest Airlines, the largest operator of Boeing jets, announced last week that it would be cancelling its MAX flights until August 5. ), but if I were Boeing, I would FIX the Boeing 737 MAX, add some additional great features, & REBRAND the plane with a new name," he wrote. The US and other countries, including Australia, grounded Boeing's 737 MAX planes in mid-March after deadly crashes in Ethiopia and Indonesia. American previously planned to cancel MAX flights through early June.

Source: Ethiopian News April 15, 2019 06:22 UTC