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October 2, 2017 12:52 pm ET -
Opinion: Cuba Remains a Resiliant Aviation Market
Before U.S. airlines were first allowed to fly to Cuba last year, very little was known about what the market might entail. Last December, I wrote about the saturation of the market with tens of thousands of weekly seats and…
June 30, 2017 7:47 am ET -
Southwest Drops Two of Three Cuba Routes
From September 4, 2017, Southwest Airlines will end service to two of the three cities the airline flies to in Cuba. The airline currently serves Varadero and Santa Clara once daily from Ft. Lauderdale and Havana three times daily, twice…
April 19, 2017 9:41 pm ET -
Opinion: Are U.S. Airline Flights to Cuba a Lost Cause?
Back in December, I wrote an article discussing airlines’ overzealousness to jump into the Cuban aviation market. It was right on the heels of American announcing they would be cutting a couple of their flights from Miami to secondary Cuban…
April 17, 2017 1:00 pm ET -
Spirit Airlines Becomes Latest Airline to Drop Cuban Operations
On Friday, South Florida-based Spirit Airlines announced that they would be pulling service to Cuba, joining fellow ultra-low cost carrier Frontier Airlines and regional carrier Silver Airways in leaving the island nation. Spirit's sole Cuban route between Ft. Lauderdale and…
March 15, 2017 9:53 pm ET -
U.S. Airlines Reducing Service to Cuba Due to Lower Demand…
Effective on April 22, 2017, Silver Airways, a Fort Lauderdale-based regional carrier, will be ceasing its 22 daily flights to Cuba due to lower than anticipated demand and an inflation of the market. The decision comes just six months after…