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Some under-staffed airlines cut flights to avoid cancellations

Spirit Airlines, which is entertaining buyout offers from Frontier Airlines and JetBlue Airways, is evaluating its summer scheduling so it can be better positioned to handle disruptions caused by bad weather and uneven staffing. JetBlue has already announced summer flight cuts of between 8% and 10% according to reports.
Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda
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Orlando Sentinel
Spirit Airlines is evaluating its summer scheduling so it can be better positioned to handle disruptions caused by bad weather and uneven staffing. JetBlue has already announced summer flight cuts of between 8% and 10% according to reports.

Travelers visiting South Florida had every right to be cranky this spring break season as airlines cancelled or delayed hundreds of flights over the weekends, citing staff shortages, bad weather and air traffic control issues.

Now, some air carriers serving the tri-county area are cutting back on flights so their depleted staffs can handle what the industry expects to be a continued surge in consumer demand for air travel. The goal, it seems, is fewer cancellations and better customer relations.

JetBlue Airways, one of the busiest carriersat Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, says it is trimming back flights by 8% to 10% for May and by similar reductions for the remainder of the summer.

Read more at the South Florida Sun Sentinel.

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