“As American business leaders, scientists, academics, and artists are increasingly engaging in purposeful travel to Cuba, they are forging important new relationships with the Cuban people and supporting the country’s rising entrepreneurial class”, said Sen.
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Scheduled commercial flight services had been suspended for decades as a result of Cold War animosity, although charter flights connected the countries in the interim.
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In a media call on Thursday, Howard Kass, the airline’s vice president of regulatory affairs, said the government was expected to approve 20 flights a day to Havana and 10 daily to each of the other Cuban cities it will serve.
That was almost two years after Cuban President Raul Castro and US President Barack Obama shook hands at the funeral of late South African President Nelson Mandela, their first notable public encounter.
Aircraft landing in the United States must meet US safety standards, so aging Russian planes in the Cuban fleet will likely only fly domestically within Cuba.
Despite the agreement, it still will be illegal for Americans to travel to Cuba for tourist activities.
But those travelling have to do so using difficult-to-book charter flights or via third countries, and are forced to navigate an intricate web of laws in order for their travel to be legal.
But some analysts warn the island’s state bureaucracy combined with the lingering trade embargo are still holding Cuba back.
Engle said the US was pushing for boundless flight opportunities, yet the Cubans needed to set up a limit because of concerns their air terminals couldn’t deal with such a high volume of travelers.
Once implemented, the agreement will allow US airlines to sell tickets on their websites for flights to Cuba, but they must first apply for permission from USA regulators to fly specific routes.
Flights to Cuba could begin within months. “Because the Obama administration awarded these renewed relations without demanding anything in return”, she adds, “the U.S. has lost its position of leverage”.
After more than half a century, diplomatic relations between the USA and Cuba are now a reality.
Obama said he had made the decision because he concluded that 50 years of trying to encourage democratic and economic change in Cuba through isolation had failed.
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Washington and Havana said they would work to resolve sensitive issues over the coming months.
