Boeing 737 Max returns to US skies

AFP Miami – The Boeing Co. 737 Max has returned to commercial service in the United States, making the first flight since two fatal crashes caused the longest aircraft immobilization in the nation’s history.

An American Airlines Group Inc. 737 Max 8 (pictured) left Miami at 10:40 a.m. Tuesday on the first leg of a round-trip to New York’s LaGuardia Airport.

Southwest Airlines Co., the Max’s biggest customer, plans to fly the model next year, as do United Airlines Holdings Inc. and Alaska Air Group Inc.