Castro, who took over Cuba’s presidency from his older brother Fidel, also objected to USA immigration policy that gives preferences to Cuban migrants, offering them automatic residence if they reach US territory.
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McCallum says there will be many , many more flights over the coming days. Three more flights are scheduled by December 31st.
December 17th marks the anniversary of the first year of the release of Alan Gross, the return of three Cuban prisoners unjustly jailed in US prisons and for the first time presidents from both Cuba and the United States live on their respective television networks speaking about the same thing and both on the same page.
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Obama says both countries have taken important steps in that year to normalize relations.
American Airlines, which has offered chartered flights for four years, will offer 14 weekly flights from Los Angeles and Miami to Havana.
Dallas-based Southwest Airlines said it’s “excited about the possibility of providing low-fare, high-quality service to Cuba”, but it’s time frame is probably farther out.
Meanwhile, US President Barack Obama today called for the lifting of the US embargo against Cuba.
Sprint and Verizon have signed roaming deals with Cuba’s state telecommunications company that benefit a small class of well-heeled American travelers.
Immediately following the announcement, American Airlines said it planned to submit a U.S.-Cuba service proposal to the U.S. Department of Transportation in hopes of “timely approval” to introduce scheduled service as soon as possible next year.
The deal won’t allow direct service to resume right away, but lays the groundwork for completing technical talks so scheduled airline flights can begin next year, likely in the first six months, officials said.
At least one major carrier, JetBlue, is now flying charter flights to Cuba.
Cuba maintains “full readiness to continue working toward building a relationship with the U.S.”, Castro said.
Last week, American Airlines launched charter flights between Los Angeles and Havana.
No commercial flights from Cuba to the US are included in the initial agreement.
The return of commercial flights could see numbers of United States tourists to Cuba increase by thousands a day, putting strain on the island’s tourist infrastructure – hotels and hostels in the country are already booked months ahead.
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“Everybody should be happy because, through baseball, we’re uniting countries, ” Tony Castro, president of the Cuban Baseball Federation, said Thursday.
