Kayak Updates Filters to Exclude Boeing 737 Max Planes Amid Safety Concerns

The update follows a surge in user interest after a piece of fuselage fell off an Alaska Airlines flight, leading to increased scrutiny of the aircraft.

Kayak, a leading online travel agent, has updated its filters to allow users to exclude flights that use Boeing’s troubled 737 Max planes.
The update was prompted by a surge of user interest in avoiding the airliners after a piece of fuselage fell off an Alaska Airlines flight.
The company has made the filter more prominent on the search page and added the ability to distinguish between 737 Max 8 and Max 9 planes.
The Federal Aviation Administration has grounded the Max 9 planes, but Max 8 planes are still in use.
United Airlines, which has more of the affected planes than any other, issued a profit warning, forecasting that it will not be able to fly them again until at least February.