Days Before Trump, The First Direct Flight to Havana from LA

Days Before Trump, The First Direct Flight to Havana from LA

Alaska Airlines launched today its first flight from Los Angeles to Havana. The airline’s new service is part an agreement to normalize regularly scheduled commercial flights between the two nations. The agreement was negotiated in 2016 under Obama’s broader policy of engagement with Cuba. Alaska Airlines won the only West Coast route awarded in 2016 … Read more

Delta Resumes Direct Flights to Cuba After a 55 Year Suspension

Delta Resumes Direct Flights to Cuba After a 55 Year Suspension

Delta today begins regularly scheduled passenger service with nonstop daily flights from the U.S. to Cuba. Flights will depart from Miami, New York-JFK and Atlanta to Havana as the airline makes its return to the Cuban capital for the first time in 55 years. Rules allowing regularly scheduled air service to Cuba from the U.S. are … Read more