Nailing Down Air Flights
The last hurdle before the historic resumption of commercial air flights to Cuba in over half-a-century has been cleared. In continuing defiance of Congress's ongoing embargo, the U. S. and Cuba have agreed that U. S. air marshals will be aboard some flights to Cuba. The U. S. Transportation Security Administration said, "For security reasons, we will not divulge which flights air marshals will be aboard." American Airlines and seven other major U. S. carriers have permission to fly to ten Cuban airports. The above photo shows American Airlines pilot Kevin Mase holding a Cuban flag out the cockpit window of his Boeing 737.
The red dots show the six cities that American Airlines will fly to.
The honor of making the first commercial flight to Cuba in over half-a-century goes to jetBlue Airlines. That historic inaugural flight is set for August 31st. Prior to the breakthroughs orchestrated by President Obama, only charter flights have been permitted to fly to and from Cuba because of the U. S. embargo.
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