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Fewer Southwest flights in Albany because of Boeing plane
Dec 23, 2019 11:11 pm
Michael Williams reports for the Times Union that Boeing's incompentence with the disastrous 737 Max aircraft means fewer flights on Southwest Airlines flights to and from Albany International Airport this year. Southwest has reduced flights, and will continue through April reducing flights in Albany, because the Boeing 737 Max aircraft are grounded. Southwest is not saying exactly how many flights in Albany will not happen in the next four months. "There will be some frequency reductions on certain routes, on some days of the week at Albany (as regularly occurs with schedule revisions), but I don’t have a complete list to share with you," Southwest spokesperson Dan Landson told the Times Union. Last March, when the aircraft was first grounded, Southwest was operating 13 daily flights from Albany International Airport, but that is already down to 11 a day. Two 737 Max crashes in the past 18 months killed 346 people. Last week Southwest reached a confidential settlement with Boeing for damages for the grounding of its 34 737 Max planes. Read more about this story in the Times Union.