United to seek compensation for 737 Max grounding

United Airlines will seek some form of compensation from Boeing for the impact of the 737 Max grounding, says CE Oscar Munoz. "There will be recompense of some sort over time," he said Thursday. "The discussion of that is a bit early. Let's get that aircraft back to flight safely." United has not specified the financial impact of the grounding which affected United's 14 in-service 737 Max 9s. The grounding forced United to cancel flights starting in April, and the company recently extended Max-related cancellations until Aug 3. It has reduced capacity growth by a percentage point, to up 4-5%, in 2019. The cumulative cancellations will impact roughly 3,440 United flights from April through July – around 0.5% of its global schedule during the period. <br/>