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‘We believe the worst is behind us:’ Travel boost helps Southwest, American Airlines envision end to financial pain of COVID-19 ‘We believe the worst is behind us:’ Travel boost helps Southwest, American Airlines envision end to financial pain of COVID-19 Dallas-based Southwest Airlines made a $116 million profit in the first quarter, thanks to $1.2 billion in government payroll aid. Fort Worth’s American lost $1.3 billion. A Southwest Airlines flight takes off at Dallas Love Field on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021, in Dallas. (Smiley N. Pool/The Dallas Morning News)(Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer) Southwest Airlines and American Airlines would have lost nearly $4 billion combined without the help of government payroll aid in the first quarter, but the carriers are envisioning a path back to profitability after a year of devastating losses from the COVID-19 pandemic. ....
American Airlines puts Boeing 737 Max back in the air 20 months after worldwide grounding The Fort Worth-based airline said customers have not been rescheduling flights to get away from the long-grounded aircraft. American Airlines flight 718, a Boeing 737 Max, took off Tuesday from Miami International Airport to New York. The Boeing 737 Max flew its first commercial flight since the aircraft was allowed to return to service nearly two years after being grounded worldwide following two crashes.(Joe Raedle / Getty Images) American Airlines became the first U.S. carrier to fly commercial passengers on the Boeing 737 Max Tuesday, ending a two-year saga to fix the controversial aircraft that crashed twice and set off a worldwide reexamination of how planes are built and how governments regulate them. ....
Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly rides Boeing’s 737 Max as carrier readies to unground fleet Southwest Airlines won’t fly the 737 Max for passengers until March but is planning ‘hundreds’ of test flights before then. Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 MAX aircraft are parked on the tarmac after being grounded, at the Southern California Logistics Airport in Victorville, Calif., on March 28, 2019.(Mark Ralston / Getty Images) Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly and a small crew took a test flight on a Boeing 737 Max on Wednesday to show that the plane that was grounded for nearly two years will be safe for the carrier to fly again in the coming months. ....