Federal Aviation Administration staff will meet next month with top U.S. airlines to discuss ways of improving air traffic flow to Florida tourism hotspot.

According to the FAA, CNBC will host the two-day meeting in Florida. Spirit AirlinesAccording to someone familiar with the situation, they will be there. Others carriers that have large operations in Florida include American AirlinesAnd JetBlue AirwaysThey are likely to also attend.

In 2019, airlines flew more people to the Sunshine State, than in 2019. This is before the pandemic. According to data from the state, Florida saw nearly 118million domestic visitors in 2018, a new record.

Due to more frequent thunderstorms and higher travel demand, as well as a lower number of staff at the airlines, delays in or cancellations were common. more than 9,000 flightsIt is early in the month.

According to the FAA, “Weather during peak demand has been the most important factor on the East Coast.”

The state’s air travel is facing other challenges, such as more military operations and space launches. All this while the pandemic has slowed down training for air traffic controllers.

Some airlines have begun to reduce their flight schedules in an effort to increase reliability and allow for more flexibility in operations. New York’s JetBlue, Fort Lauderdale-based Spirit and Fort Lauderdale-based Spirit recently joined forces. cut their schedulesFor peak summer seasons.

“Nobody could’ve predicted that Florida would be… 115 hour of sunshine in April.” [air traffic control]On Tuesday’s quarterly call, Joanna Geraghty, president of JetBlue Airways said there were fewer delays in that month than 22 in 2019. So, these are tough times. I believe that we are doing the responsible thing and taking down capacity to make it more efficient and rightizing it so that they reflect what resources we have as well as the external environment.

The scheduled meeting was not immediately confirmed by representatives from the airlines.