Cuba news.
Cruising is one of the best ways to experience Cuba’s diverse geography and culture. Now, you can win a free Cuba cruise for two provided by Friendly Planet Travel, Celestyal Cruises and the Cuba Journal. Click here to enter to win. Traveling by sea allows you to see far more of this recently opened Caribbean … Read more
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) awarded United Airlines final approval to launch service to Havana from two of its hubs. Beginning Nov. 29, United will start daily nonstop flights to the Cuban capital from New York/Newark and Saturday nonstop service from Houston with both services subject to government approval. Bookings are available immediately. Since … Read more
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) granted eight US airlines permission to commence up to 20 scheduled daily flights between various U.S. cities and Havana. Six months ago the U.S. and Cuba signed an agreement to re-establish scheduled air service between the two countries after nearly 60 years of restricted charter air service. Yesterday’s announcement … Read more
Delta will begin daily service to Havana, Cuba, from Atlanta, Miami and New York–JFK on Dec. 1, 2016, following today’s announcement by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). Flights will be available for sale beginning Sept. 10, 2016. All routes are subject to Cuban regulatory approval. On June 10, 2016, the DOT issued an order … Read more
Luminaries gathered around the gate at Ft. Lauderdale International Airport where JetBlue flight 387 to Santa Clara, Cuba was about to become the first scheduled flight between the U.S. and Cuba since October 1962. What makes the flight so important is that it was the first flight to operate under a bilateral Air Transport Agreement signed by the … Read more
Overview of New Cuba Flights On June 10, 2016, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) issued an order authorizing six U.S. airlines to provide scheduled passenger flights between various U.S. cities and cities in Cuba other than Havana. DOT’s order grants the applications of American, Frontier, JetBlue, Silver Airways, Southwest, and Sun Country. These carriers … Read more
Silver Airways has received Cuban government approval to operate regularly scheduled commercial service to Cuba, including service from Fort Lauderdale to Santa Clara, Camagüey, Cienfuegos, and Holguín. In addition, Silver is seeking Cuban government approval for service from Fort Lauderdale to Santiago, Cayo Coco, Varadero, Cayo Largo, and Manzanillo. Silver Airways’ first flight 100 is … Read more
New commercial air service to Cuba is part of the process of normalizing relations between the US and Cuba. Existing flights between the two nations have been limited to what is called “charter” flights because – technically speaking – the flights are not part of a “regular” schedule and do not operate under a bilateral … Read more
Friction over how to resolve the differences between the US and Cuba often obscures the various ways the two governments and people have cooperated. Here are the important ways the US and Cuba have looked past their respective differences and worked together over long periods of time: Ernest Hemingway’s Home, The Finca Vigía According to … Read more
The Malecon: the signature boulevard in the most beautiful city in the region: Havana. It’s a place where Cubans and tourists alike travel to discover and rediscover the soul, the rhythm, the scenery of Cuba. And it’s a place that has two lives: playful and quiet during the day, pulsing and exotic at night. This is what … Read more
