Alaska Airlines extends Boeing 737 MAX 9 flight cancellations through Tuesday

The fuselage plug area of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 Boeing 737-9 MAX

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Alaska Airlines said it will extend its cancellation of Boeing 737 MAX 9 flights through Tuesday, Jan. 16, for planes that have been grounded since last week's mid-air cabin panel blowout.

Alaska has been cancelling about 20 per cent of daily flights since Saturday after the grounding of its 65 MAX 9 planes.