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JetBlue, Spirit want to suspend nights to US airports, including Seattle JetBlue argued that some recent flights from Boston to Minneapolis had only two customers for an entire 162-seat aircraft. Author: TEGNA Published: 8:48 AM PDT April 30, 2020 Updated: 8:48 AM PDT April 30, 2020 WASHINGTON – Delta, JetBlue and Spirit Airlines have submitted requests this week asking the U.S. Transportation Department for peanission to suspend flights to several airports around the country. Airlines are required to continue providing minimum service levels as part of a condition of taking some of the money available through the CARES Act. But with travel demands faIling to historic lows due to the coronavirus pandemic, airlines are sometimes flying planes with very few passengers. JetBlue asked to suspend flights to 16 airports, including Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Seattle, Minneapolis, Phoenix, Portland, San Diego and Tampa through Sept. 30. As part of its request, JetBlue noted that certain flights from Boston to Minneapolis recently had only two customers on an entire 162-seat A320 aircraft. "Unfortunately, such flights are operating with similar passenger loads to and from large hubs out of Boston, New York and throughout the JetBhre network," the airline's request stated. Delta asked to suspend flights to nine airports including Hilton Head, Brunswick, Georgia, Kalamazoo and Flint in Michigan, and Melbourne, Florida. The airline argued each of those nine airports were within an hour's driving distance of another Delta airport. Delta stated that between April 1 and April 22, just one to…

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