The United States Department of Transportation approved a request by American Airlines to resume flights to five destinations in Cuba that had been prohibited in 2019 during the Donald Trump Administration.
At that time, the former president drastically reduced the air service between the two countries, as a way to drown the finances of what he considers a “regime.” Specifically, he suspended flights that did not go directly to Havana.
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Two months ago, President Joe Biden reversed the decision and announced that he would relax restrictions on American travelers to the island, with American Airlines being the first airline to announce the authorization by the Department of Transportation.
Starting in November, the company will resume two daily flights from Miami to Santa Clara and one to Varadero, Holguín, Camagüey and Santiago de Cuba, in addition to the six it already has to Havana, a route that JetBlue and Southwest.
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