U.S. Airlines Can Apply for Cuba Travel Starting Tuesday
Ryan Boyd February 12, 2016
Airline companies are poised to begin a scramble for routes and airport slots for flights to Cuba, a country that has been a banned destination for U.S. flights for over 50 years. Starting Tuesday, American airline companies will have 15 days to turn in applications to the Department of Transportation for proposed routes between the United States and Cuba. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and State Department staff members will fly from Andrews Air Force Base to Cuba in order to formally sign an agreement to open flights between the two countries.
The new international arrangement will allow flights that fall under one of 12 categories: visiting family; humanitarian projects; official business of the U.S. government, foreign governments and intergovernmental organizations; journalistic endeavors; professional research; educational activities by persons at academic institutions; people-to-people travel; religious activities; public performance, clinics, workshops, athletic competition; authorization to provide travel services, carrier services and remittance-forwarding services; activities of private foundations, research or educational institutes; and exportation of certain Internet-based services.
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