The Obama administration authorized six U.S. airlines to begin direct flights to Cuba starting as early as fall 2016. These will be the first commercial flights between U.S. and Cuba in more than 50 years.
On Friday, June 10, 2016, the Department of Transportation approved applications from American Airlines, Frontier Airlines, JetBlue Airways, Silver Airways, Southwest Airlines and Sun Country Airlines to begin flying to Cuba from Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Chicago, Philadelphia and Minneapolis-St. Paul.
The service will fly to nine Cuban cities, including Cayo Largo, Cienfuegos, Matanzas and Santiago de Cuba. Havana is not included in the initial list of cities that was released by the DOT, however, routes to Havana will be announced this summer, with possible flights from New York, Washington and Boston.
More information is available via The New York Times.
