FORT WORTH, Texas — American Airlines is pushing back the return of its Boeing 737 Max jets into next year and says the grounding has cut its third-quarter pretax income by $140 million.
The airline said Wednesday that it expects to slowly bring the plane back into its schedule starting Jan. 16.
That is six weeks later than it planned last month, and the sixth time the airline has pushed back the plane’s return.
Fort Worth-based American said it will drop about 140 flights per day until mid-January because of the grounding.
In an update for investors, the airline indicated demand for tickets remains solid, with a measure of revenue per seat rising 2 percent in the third quarter.
