Many flights scheduled by Alaska Airlines and United Airlines were still canceled on Monday due to the Federal Aviation Administration’s order to suspend all Boeing 737 Max 9 planes from flying.
According to FlightAware’s monitoring website, 220 flights operated by United have been impacted. Along with that, almost 140 Seattle-based routes of Alaska Airlines account for a fifth of their flights and had cancellations as at 9:55 am ET this Monday morning.
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport is experiencing the most significant disruptions, followed by Newark-Liberty International Airport, Denver International Airport and Chicago-O’Hare International Airport.
Late on Sunday, Alaska Airlines posted a statement on its website in which it recognized the significant influence that the FAA’s grounding directive had caused to its operations. The company predicted continued cancellations throughout during first half of the week. Approximately 25,000 passengers were affected by around 170 flights being scrapped only on Sunday alone.
Both Alaska and United guaranteed passengers who were affected that they would be redirected to their desired destinations.
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Following a panel detachment incident on an Alaska plane carrying 171 passengers and six crew members, resulting in an emergency landing last Friday, the decision to ground Boeing aircraft was made. The National Transportation Safety Board is currently investigating whether other Boeing 737 Max9 airplanes are vulnerable to comparable issues following their recovery of the malfunctioning panel reported on Sunday.
