The U.S. and Cuba announced on Thursday an arrangement that will allow scheduled air service between the two countries for the first time in more than 50 years.
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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 US properties confiscated by Cuba’s revolution.
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There will likely be a 60-to-90 day process during which U.S.-based air carriers will submit proposed routes, suggesting scheduled flights would not begin until the first few months of 2016 at the earliest.
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Cuba’s blue, red and white-starred flag was hoisted Monday at the country’s embassy in Washington in a symbolic move signaling the start of a new post-Cold War era in U.S.-Cuba relations.
Some details still need to be worked out and US planes won’t be landing in Cuba immediately.
Several major USA airlines have expressed interest in establishing regular flights to Cuba, including American Airlines, Delta, United and JetBlue. According to the State Department, U.S.travel to Cuba has increased 54 percent since previous year.
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.
President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro announced on December 17, 2014 that they planned to normalize relations, following 18 months of secret negotiations. In any case, that discretionary change did little to facilitate the cumbersome procedure American subjects experience to arrive, including the confounded sanction flight framework that has been the best way to lawfully go between the two nations.
Thursday marks the one-year anniversary of Havana and Washington’s decision to set old enmities aside and work towards stabilizing the equation between the two countries. Meanwhile, the United States is in a stronger position to engage the people and governments of our hemisphere”, adding that Congress should lift the Cuban embargo, which represents “a legacy of a failed policy.
Cuba, however, could also take steps to make conditions for American businesses there more favorable, officials said.
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