Energy: Southwest’s 737 Max Problem

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🗓️ 4 April 2019

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

A second crash of Boeing’s 737 Max has shaken the airline industry over the past month. As the world’s largest operator of 737 aircraft, Southwest Airlines has been particularly affected. Motley Fool contributor Adam Levine-Weinberg and Industry Focus host Nick Sciple break down how Southwest is adapting to the 737 Max news, discuss the company's' newest routes to Hawaii, and take a look at whether the stock might be a buy today.

Stocks Mentioned: LUV, HII, BRK-A, BRK-B

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0:00.0	Thanks to Gramerly for supporting Industry Focus. Gramerly is a communication tool that helps people
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0:11.8	account today. Welcome to Industry Focus, the podcast that dives into a different sector of the stock
0:18.0	market every day.
0:19.0	Today's Thursday, April 4th, and we're talking Southwest Airlines.
0:22.0	I'm your host Nick Saipel and today I'm joined
0:23.8	by myly fool contributor Adam Levine Weinberg by Skype. How you doing Adam?
0:26.6	Good, how are you? I'm doing great Adam, you know this is my first show that I've done with
0:32.0	you. We're going to be talking about Southwest Airlines.
0:34.2	I know you love talking about Airlines stocks,
0:35.8	so great to have you on today.
0:38.5	As I mentioned, we're going to be talking about Southwest Airlines.
0:40.4	As most of our listeners know,
0:42.3	the air travel industry has been all over the
0:43.7	news particularly over the past month in the aftermath of the Boeing 737
0:48.2	the second Boeing 737 crash back in March as the largest 737 operator in the world with dozens of 737
0:56.0	max airplanes in its fleet Southwest has been particularly affected by
1:00.0	the by the the shutdown of the 737 Max.
1:03.0	Before we dive into Southwest though, Adam,
1:05.1	what's the current status of the 737 Max
1:07.6	investigation and aftermath just a little over a month
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