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With recent travel issues causing front-page headlines, hear from JetBlue Chief Executive Officer Robin Hayes on what the airlines are doing to improve the customer experience and their business. As well as the strategy behind JetBlue's planned merger with Spirit Airlines.

CNBC: JetBlue is preparing to trim New York flights in response to FAA staffing shortage, CEO says

JetBlue Airways is preparing to cut scores of weekly flights in the New York City area this spring and summer in response to a shortage of air traffic controllers, a measure that will have a financial impact on the airline, CEO Robin Hayes told CNBC on Wednesday.

“We don’t want to pull down flights. I’m sure no airline wants to pull down flights,” Hayes said in an interview with CNBC ahead of an event at the Economic Club of New York. “But if we don’t cut them the system is not going to be workable this summer.”


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