With the rapprochement with Washington Havana, US airlines are preparing to keep up with demand for flights generated by the new agreement. Seconds official data, more than two million Cubans and descendents living in the United States, making strategic link between the two countries for US companies.
American Airlines submitted a request to the Department of Transportation ( Department of Transportation ), proposing the operation of scheduled flights between the United States and Cuba, including 10 daily flights to Havana from Miami, considered the hub for the American Latin America.
"The Miami-Dade County is the heart and soul of the Cuban-American community, and house about 50% of the Cuban-American population of the United States," said President and CEO of American Airlines, Doug Parker.
Other flights are from cities with large concentration of Cuban immigrants, as Charlotte, Dallas / Fort Worth, Los Angeles and Chicago. The proposal also includes American daily flights between Miami and five other Cuban cities. "The flights offered by American from Miami and four other hubs, provide a solid foundation for the future sustainable growth of the commercial and cultural ties between the United States and Cuba," he concludes.
Delta Air Lines also filed an application to offer direct flights to Cuba for its hubs in Atlanta and New York, as well as Miami and Orlando. The company plans to fly to Cuba using its Boeing 737-800 on flights departing and arriving from Florida, as should choose the Boeing 757-200 on flights to Atlanta and New York.
"We hope to provide the United States access to and around the world to the island," said Nicolas Ferri, Delta's vice president for Latin America and the Caribbean.
It is expected that the operation to Cuba is reestablished this year allowing US airlines offer up to 20 daily flights between the United States and Havana and 10 daily flights to nine other cities Cuban international airports.
