MIAMI, United States. — The US airline Delta Air Lines resumed direct flights to Cuba, reported this Monday miami herald.
The return to operations comes three years after the airline was forced to suspend its flights to the Caribbean island as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In a statement issued this Monday, Delta Air Lines said that the resumption of flights occurs “in line with the strong demand” for them.
The company offers two daily frequencies between the international airports of Miami and José Martí, in the Cuban capital, the only one to which it will fly at the moment.
For the resumption of operations, Delta Air Lines has provided a Boeing 737-800 aircraft, with capacity for almost 200 passengers.
At the moment, the tickets (round trip) to Havana with a month in advance cost slightly more than 200 dollars, a price that adjusts to the current market for flights to Cuba.
In this way, Delta Air Lines joins American Airlines, United Airlines, Southwest and JetBlue in the line of US airlines that operate flights to Cuba from South Florida.
Although these airlines had increased their flights to Cuba after the Biden administration eased the restrictions imposed by former President Donald Trump in the past, Delta went several months without announcing the resumption of its operations to Havana.
Last February, the company made it official that would resume flights between Miami and Havana on April 10. On that occasion, the airline announced a whole series of services that would enhance the experience of travelers, such as the First Class, Delta Comfort+ and Main Cabin options, the variety of gastronomic offers on board and the Delta Studio, with 1,000 hours of inflight entertainment and exclusive content curated by partners like Peloton and Spotify.
