Air Canada removes 737 Max flights until July
FlightGlobal | March 19, 2019
Air Canada is removing flights on Boeing 737 Max aircraft from its bookings until 1 July as the airline is uncertain how long the 24 Max 8 aircraft in its fleet will remain grounded for safety reasons. The Montreal-based airline says the 737 Max impacts 6% of its planned flights, so it has adjusted its schedule through 30 April with the aim of covering 98% of planned flights. There is a domino effect from removing the 737s from our fleet that impacts the schedule and ultimately will impact some customers," Lucie Guillemette, chief commercial officer at Air Canada says in a blog post. “We have been working very hard to minimise that impact.