Alaska Air receives further compensation from Boeing over 737 Max grounding

Alaska Airlines has received further compensation from Boeing over the temporary grounding of its 737 Max 9 fleet.  

The plane maker gave Alaska Air $61 million in credit memos as compensation.

This is in addition to the $162 million in cash it received from Boeing earlier this year.

The credit memos can be used for further Boeing aircraft orders.

The Boeing 737 Max 9 grounding happened in January after a door panel blew out during an Alaska Airlines flight.

This prompted the FAA to impose a grounding on all Max 9 aircraft which lasted about three weeks.

The airline has since returned all its Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft to service.

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