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American Airlines Cancels Boeing 737 Max Flights Through August 19

That will account for about 1.5 percent of their airline’s daily flying schedule.

American Airlines announced Sunday that it will cancel all Boeing 737 Max-8 flights through Aug. 19, Reuters reports. The airline currently owns 24 737 MAX-8 jets, and is expecting 16 more this year; Reuters reports that the cancellation will impact about 1.5 percent of AA’s daily flight schedule. Chief Executive Doug Parker and President Robert Isom said in a letter that the decision was intended to “provide confidence to our customers and team members when it comes to their travel plans.” The move comes approximately a month after a Boeing 737 Max Ethiopian Airlines plane crashed shortly after takeoff and killed all 157 people on board, and months after a Lion Air plane of the same model crashed in October and killed 189. Both planes allegedly had problems with Boeing’s flight control system. Boeing’s engineers are now working on a solution to that problem.

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