Southwest Airlines delays 737 Max return by another 2 months

Southwest Airlines again pushed back the projected return of the 737 Max to its network in what it hopes will be the final such delay.

In a widely expected move, Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) announced Feb. 13 that it projects the 737 Max will return to its schedule Aug. 11. Previously, the Dallas-based airline had the plane off its schedule until June 7.

That timeline was thrown into flux when Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) said in January it didn’t expect the beleaguered 737 Max to be recertified…