Boeing 737 Max Grounding Takes Toll On Airlines And Passengers
NPRBoeing 737 Max Grounding Takes Toll On Airlines And Passengers Enlarge this image toggle caption Stephen Brashear/Getty Images Stephen Brashear/Getty Images When Nancy Dunne goes to see her family outside Chicago, she likes to fly Southwest Airlines from Newark Liberty International Airport near her home in Maplewood, N.J. The grounding of the Boeing 737 Max after two deadly crashes in Ethiopia and Indonesia has caused the airline to cancel flights and consolidate routes into places such as Newark, which are less profitable. Sponsor Message When the 737 Max was grounded last March, carriers around the world were forced to adjust suddenly, canceling thousands of flights and delaying the retirement of some older planes. Now, the impact of the 737 Max grounding on airlines and their passengers is becoming more clear: smaller profits and more crowded planes.