MAX grounding strains Boeing-Southwest relationship

Credit: Southwest Airlines
Three times during a 13-minute television appearance, Southwest Airlines chairman and CEO Gary Kelly uttered the phrase, “We’re not happy,” when asked about the airline’s famously close association with Boeing. And that was before Boeing announced in mid-December it was suspending 737 MAX production...

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