JetBlue caught squatting? Long Beach cracks down on hoarding of airport gate slots

The city of Long Beach is moving to end an airline hoarding practice known as “slot squat,” and that has JetBlue Airways seeing red. Long Beach Airport officials say some gate slots — the scheduled times that a plane can land or depart — are being underused, and they worry that some airlines may...

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