{"id":184777,"date":"2026-03-09T22:04:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T22:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/184777\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T22:04:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T22:04:10","slug":"jetblue-hosts-fly-like-a-girl-event-in-fort-lauderdale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/184777\/","title":{"rendered":"JetBlue Hosts \u2018Fly Like a Girl\u2019 Event in Fort Lauderdale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u200dFORT LAUDERDALE \u2014 JetBlue (B6) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20260309712189\/en\/JetBlue-Reaffirms-Commitment-to-South-Florida-Community-with-Fly-Like-a-Girl-Event-in-Fort-Lauderdale\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">hosted<\/a> its annual Fly Like a Girl event on March 7 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, inspiring the next generation of young girls aged 10\u201314 to explore careers in the airline industry. The carrier welcomed more than 100 participants, strengthening its connection with the community.<\/p>\n<p>The event aims to spark interest in aviation, along with science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) topics, among young girls while addressing the male-dominated industry and seeking a more diverse talent pool. \u201cCommercial air travel has a history of being male-dominated, but programs like this open up new aviation horizons for Florida\u2019s young women to explore,\u201d said U.S. Rep. Wasserman Schultz (FL-25).<\/p>\n<p>The airline provided opportunities for young girls to meet and learn from women pilots, engineers, and other crewmembers. B6 hopes for the next generation to see the vast range of career opportunities available in the industry.<\/p>\n<p>JetBlue and South Florida<\/p>\n<p>JetBlue is a major supporter of South Florida\u2019s aviation ecosystem and hosted the program in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where it maintains a large operational presence. The airline is the leading carrier at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL), and looks to continue its longstanding commitment to the region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFort Lauderdale has been part of JetBlue\u2019s story since day one with our first flights touching down right here over 26 years ago, and we\u2019re proud to continue investing in the region and its people,\u201d stated Ursula Hurley, president of the JetBlue Foundation and JetBlue\u2019s chief financial officer. \u201cBringing Fly Like a Girl back to South Florida reflects our continued commitment to the future of Fort Lauderdale as a critical part of our operation, from its people and culture to the aviation infrastructure that helps power our airline forward.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u200dFORT LAUDERDALE \u2014 JetBlue (B6) hosted its annual Fly Like a Girl event on March 7 in Fort&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":184778,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-184777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184777\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}