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Online travel agent allows customers to filter out Boeing 737 Max planes (www.theguardian.com)
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Online travel agent allows customers to filter out Boeing 737 Max planes::Kayak customers can exclude Max 9 aircraft after cabin panel blowout on Alaska Airlines flight

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[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago (1 children)

But is the option to filter by plane model itself new?

If you're adding a filter so people can avoid a certain plane, it makes sense to add more than one model of plane.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

You're asking a good question, but I don't have the answer. I don't usually use Kayak.

There's more than just safety reasons to avoid specific model of plane. While both are Boeing, a First Class seat on a United 737 (of any variety) is a subpar experience compared to a First Class seat on a United 787. If you're making a long trip and paying the top dollar for that, filtering out the 737s and A320 planes makes a lot of sense.