American is first US airline to drop a route because of 737 Max grounding

Getting from Dallas to Oakland just got a bit more difficult because of the Boeing 737 Max crisis. American Airlines is cancelling its direct flights between the two cities, the company confirmed Tuesday. American, United and Southwest have canceled hundreds of daily flights following the worldwide grounding of the 737 Max in March. In most cases, the airlines were able to add other planes on the same routes. But American flew 1 daily route from Oakland to Dallas-Fort Worth and back. It now needs to use the plane that had been flying the route for other flights with greater demand. The route will be canceled as of Friday, and will remain canceled through at least Sep 3. It is the first US airline to cancel a route because of the plane's grounding. <br/>