American Airlines Group Inc. removed the Boeing Co. 737 Max from its schedule for another month, joining carriers canceling flights until December and beyond as they await U.S. approval to fly the grounded jet.<\/p>\n
The extension means the cancellation of 140 daily flights through Dec. 3, American said in a\u00a0statement\u00a0Sunday. The airline \u201cremains confident that impending software updates to the\u00a0Boeing 737 Max, along with the new training elements Boeing is developing in coordination with our union partners, will lead to re-certification of the aircraft this year,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n
American announced its decision two days after United Airlines Holdings Inc. pulled the Max from flight plans until\u00a0Dec. 19. Southwest Airlines Co., the largest operator of the Max, has taken the aircraft out of its schedule through\u00a0Jan. 5.\u00a0Air Canada has\u00a0pulled\u00a0the Max until January.<\/p>\n
The Max, Boeing\u2019s best-selling jet, has been grounded worldwide since March 13, following two crashes within five months that killed 346 people. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration is likely to conduct its certification flight for the Max in October, people briefed on the matter\u00a0said\u00a0last month. That would broadly match Boeing\u2019s estimate that the Max will return to service early in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n
According to a Dow Jones report, friction between Boeing and regulators worldwide may keep the Max grounded into the Christmas holiday travel season. Aviation authorities, including those from Europe, Brazil and the U.S., have complained that Boeing has failed to provide technical details about modifications to the Max\u2019s flight-control computers, Dow Jones said, citing government and pilot union officials.<\/p>\n
The complaints stemmed from a Boeing meeting last month in Seattle which was cut short by regulators, Dow Jones said. Boeing will have to resubmit documents describing proposed software changes, which must then be vetted by the FAA, the report said. A Boeing spokesman declined to comment on the meeting to Dow Jones.<\/p>\n
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