After three years of interruption due to the coronavirus pandemic, the US airline Delta Air Lines announced that it will resume operations with Havana on April 10. The company will reconnect the capital of Cuba with the Miami International Airport with two daily non-stop flights, reported in a release Posted on your page.
The airline has allocated an Airbus A320 aircraft, with the options of First Class, Delta Comfort+ or Main Cabin tickets. Its first daily flight will leave Havana at 11:55 a.m. and the second at 4:25 p.m., while the route from Miami has scheduled departures for 9:05 a.m. and 1:40 p.m.
Delta, whose base of operations is in Atlanta, was the only US airline to fly to the Island since 1953, but it suspended its operations in 1961 due to the political and immigration instability that caused the triumph of the Revolution.
Delta suspended its operations in 1961 due to the political and migratory instability that caused the triumph of the Revolution. The hiatus lasted 55 years
The hiatus lasted 55 years, until 2016, when resumed their flights in the middle of thaw started by then-President Barack Obama. In 2020, it was forced to stop the restrictions due to the coronavirus earlier. Before the health crisis, the company connected Cuba with Miami, New York-JFK and Atlanta. In its statement, the company assured that it “remains committed” to restoring its global network, which will allow it to secure a significant increase in profitability.
With the restart of services with Havana, the airline ensures that passengers traveling to Miami will have access to 203 non-stop weekly flights from 10 airports in the United States.
In October 2022, Delta joined United Airlines’ request to extend a extension to the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) to delay the start of operations, because they needed more time to review contracts with service providers and adjust the infrastructure at the José Martí International Airport. Delta said it also had “continuing challenges” obtaining visas for staff traveling to Cuba.
United restarted its operations in November 2022 with direct flights to Havana from Houston (Texas) and Newark (New Jersey). That same month, American Airlines reactivated its trips to the Abel Santamaría International Airport, in Santa Clara, with Miami.
On the eve of the high tourist season, the Cuban government assured last November that 45 airlines Foreign companies operated at international airports, among which were Mexican and Canadian companies, and other lesser-known ones such as the Polish Lot and TAAG Angola.
Foreign tourism in 2023 started on the wrong foot with the arrival of 246,000 visitors, a figure that, although it exceeds that registered in January 2022, when 86,424 were received, is 37.5% below the 393,762 foreigners who visited the Island in January 2020, before the economies shut down.
The authorities hope that the long-awaited recovery of the tourism industry will be achieved this year, but sector specialists expect the world to return to pre-pandemic tourism levels only in 2024 or 2025.
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