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JetBlue, the first U.S. commercial airline to resume flights to Cuba in more than 50 years in 2016, says it will suspend operations on the island due to low demand.
Freedom Flights (known in Spanish as Los vuelos de la libertad) transported Cubans to Miami twice daily, five times per week from 1965 to 1973. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Its budget was about $12 million and it brought an estimated 300,000 refugees, making it the "largest airborne refugee operation in American history."
July 24 A man born in Cuba successfully hijacks a DC-8 from Miami to Cuba, a stewardess and a passenger are wounded. [27] September 3 A man born in Cuba, attempts to hijack a plane from Chicago to Cuba; he is sentenced to 20 years for interference with a flight crew on March 6, 1972. [39]
Sun Country Airlines began operating charter flights between New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport and Havana's José Martí International Airport in March 2015. [36] On May 5, 2015, the United States granted approval to four companies to offer chartered ferry service between Miami and Cuba. [37]
Mayorkas’ visit to Miami included meetings with members of the Haitian- and Cuban-American communities. Deportation flights to Cuba have not yet resumed, DHS chief says during Miami visit Skip ...
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Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act is the name of three bills introduced into the United States Congress which would allow U.S. citizens to engage in unrestricted travel to Cuba for the first time since 1963. The first bill, H.R. 5022, was introduced into the 107th Congress House of Representatives in June 2002 by Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz) with 37 ...
Western Union acknowledged the policy change in a statement to CBS News Miami's partner, the Miami Herald. "The company is aware of the U.S. State Department's plans to reissue and update the Cuba ...