US revokes restrictions on flights to Cuba imposed by Trump
The end of the ban on flights by US airlines to Cuban airports other than Havana is included
The US Department of Transportation, at the request of the State Department, yesterday revoked a series of restrictions on flights to Cuba, imposed by Donald Trump.
The ban on flights by US airlines to Cuban airports other than Havana is lifted, after which the international terminals Ignacio Agramonte, in Camagüey, will be able to receive travelers from the US again; Gardens of the King, in Cayo Coco; Vilo Acuña, from Cayo Largo; Jaime González, from Cienfuegos; Frank Pais, from Holguin; Sierra Maestra, from Manzanillo; Juan Gualberto Gómez, from Matanzas; Abel Santamaría, from Santa Clara, and Antonio Maceo, from Santiago de Cuba.
On May 31, 2022, Secretary of State Antony Blinken asked Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to end all these restrictions, “in accordance with the Administration’s measures announced on May 16,” the text details. of the provision, and specifies that it enters into force as of its issuance.
In 2019 and 2020, the restrictive actions of the Trump administration suspended the aforementioned air connections, including the possibility of public charter flights, except to the José Martí International Airport in Havana, a destination for which a limit of 3 passengers was then imposed. 600 round trip flights.
The drastic reduction in flights, together with the consular closure of the US Embassy in Havana, the suspension of cruise ships and the persecution of tanker ships that transport oil, were part of the maximum pressure strategy of the Trump administration against Cuba.
