Southwest to keep Boeing 737 MAX off schedules through May instead of April 20: company memo

Reuters

Published Mar 29, 2019 08:19PM ET

Southwest to keep Boeing 737 MAX off schedules through May instead of April 20: company memo

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Southwest Airlines (NYSE:LUV) Co said on Friday it was pulling its Boeing (NYSE:BA) Co 737 MAX jets from flight schedules through May, extending its earlier timeline from April 20, according to a company memorandum seen by Reuters.

"This will impact the lines in May, but, now that the decision has been made, we can construct our schedule without those flights well in advance in hopes to minimize the daily disruptions," the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association and the company said in the joint memorandum.