Canada: Airlines shift planes to get March Break travellers home amid Max 8 grounding

Two Canadian airlines dealing with the grounding of Boeing Max 8 jets say they have reassigned other planes to accommodate travellers returning home from March Break vacations. Both Air Canada and WestJet said Sunday they shifted planes to focus on routes taking travellers to and from vacation destinations like Mexico and the Caribbean. But the airlines also acknowledged that despite those efforts, the loss of the Boeing jets caused the cancellation of a number of domestic flights over the weekend, as well as delays on customer support lines. Air Canada did not say how many of its domestic flights had been cancelled but acknowledged “capacity challenges” on those routes. Air Canada said it was working to add capacity in these markets “within the constraints imposed by the 737 fleet grounding.” <br/>