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USA agrees to resume scheduled commercial flights to Cuba
That type of heated competition could emerge for the new flights that will soon be allowed to Cuba. The move is seen as a significant step in normalizing relations between the two former Cold War enemies.
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No commercial flights from Cuba to the USA are included in the initial agreement. “We will review the terms of the agreement to understand how JetBlue can expand from charter service to regularly scheduled service”.
Regarding the United States economic embargo on the communist island, although Obama has taken executive action to ease travel restrictions and some commercial transactions, the complete lifting of the embargo may only be done by Congress, which at present is controlled by the Republicans, a majority of whom are against eliminating it.
That incorporates 20 flights a day between the USA furthermore, Cuba’s capital city of Havana, and 10 a day between the US also, nine universal airplane terminals spread over the island. “Change does not happen overnight, and normalization will be a long journey”.
The U.S. and Cuba have agreed to restore commercial air travel between the two countries, but Americans still can not visit the island as tourists.
“This is the year for laying down the foundation blocks”, said Pedro Freyre, Chair of International Practice at the Miami-based Akerman law firm, which has been working with large US corporations interested in doing business with Cuba. Travelers must meet special criteria and fall under 12 categories such as “people-to-people” trips that encourage relations between US and Cuban citizens.
The U.S Department of Transportation his historically allowed airlines to submit bids for proposed service to countries where flight rights are restricted. Negotiators reached a deal to resume direct mail service last week and one on environmental cooperation last month. The airline expects to operate some 1,200 charter flights to Cuba this year, amounting to a 9 percent increase over its capacity in 2014.
“Since then, we have taken important steps forward to normalise relations between our countriesre-establishing diplomatic relations and opening embassies, facilitating greater travel and commerce, connecting more Americans and Cubans and promoting the free flow of information to, from, and within Cuba”, he said.
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Kavulich said a flood of US visitors might be “disruptive” to Cuba’s one-party political system, but stressed that the Cuban government needs the revenue.