The U.S. and Cuba reached an agreement last night to resume commercial flights between the two countries for the first time in over 50 years, according to the State Department and Cuba officials.
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There is no timeline on when the flights begin, but the deal signals a final thawing in US-Cuba relations, and it is hoped it will eventually increase tourism and business on the communist island.
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Ramos Gutiérrez, who came to the US during the 1980 Mariel exodus, has visited her mother and brothers on the island 5 times since 1999.
“We are really pleased about the opportunity to engage in scheduled service sometime in 2016 between the United States and Cuba”, said Howard Kass, the airline’s vice president of regulatory affairs.
Havana’s worldwide airport doesn’t have the capacity to cover the current demand of flights to the city and nearly every hotel is fully booked for next year.
Under the deal, airlines from both countries will be able to make commercial agreements such as sharing flight codes and leasing planes to each other, it said.
USA regulations still prohibit travel to Cuba for tourism.
While the majority of US travelers are Cuban-Americans, there has been a sharp rise in Americans traveling for specially authorized purposes, particularly on educational tours known as people-to-people travel.
US President Barack Obama himself called on Thursday for Congress to lift the embargo, calling it the “legacy of a failed policy”.
American Airlines, which has offered chartered flights for four years, will offer 14 weekly flights from Los Angeles and Miami to Havana.
In addition, thanks to the change in US policy toward Cuba, Washington is “in a stronger position” to engage “the people and governments of our hemisphere”, Obama said.
The U.S. government statement said a Civil Aviation Arrangement had been reached; essentially, it’s an accord to agree that flights should be allowed sometime in the future.
Last week, the two countries took a further step towards full normalization with the announcement of an agreement to re-establish direct mail service through a transportation pilot program; signed two deals on environmental protection; and launched talks on issues from human rights to compensation for USA properties confiscated by Cuba’s revolution.
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But he said they had “not made any progress” on issues Cuba considers necessary for normal relations, such as ending the US trade embargo of Cuba and USA withdrawal from the naval base at Cuba’s Guantanamo Bay.
