Central Schedule Committee
United management has announced plans to pull MAX flights out of schedule until December 19, 2019 and has expressed their commitment “to continue to take extraordinary steps to protect our customers’ travel plans, monitor the regulatory process and make adjustments to our operation and schedule to benefit our customers.”
Schedule Month | Flights Cancelled Daily | Flights Cancelled Monthly |
September | 70 | 2,100 |
October | 95 | 2,900 |
November | 93 | 2,800 |
December* | 96 | 1,700 |
*December traditionally has a significant holiday reduction program
In order to meet the travel demands of our passengers, the company will continue to make every effort to swap and upgauge aircraft to provide the necessary lift to mitigate any disruption caused by the continued grounding of the MAX aircraft including proactively reaching out to passengers to offer other alternatives.