United Airlines will receive financial compensation from planemaker Boeing for financial damages incurred in the first quarter due to the grounding of Boeing’s 737 MAX 9 aircraft, the carrier said on Wednesday.
U.S. regulators had in January grounded some 737 MAX 9 aircraft for about three weeks for safety checks after a midair door plug blowout on an Alaska Airlines-operated MAX 9 jet.
The incident had forced United Airlines—a prominent Boeing customer—to temporarily suspend service on all 79 of its 737 MAX 9 aircraft, which reportedly resulted in a $200-million hit for the airline in Q1.
