Originally Posted by
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Take a look at the link in post 18. It indicates two flights TPA-HVA on December 19. Both sold out with a total of 284 passengers. You are right that all may not be O/D,(and maybe that one day is not typical) but a healthy number nonetheless
It's hard to say since the charter flights have to exist as stand-alone tickets. They cannot be connected into a larger itinerary. Who knows where those passengers originate? Dec. 19, tomorrow, is also the weekend before Christmas. It's not a typical travel weekend on which I'd make any generalizations.
Nearly all the people-to-people tours originate in Miami, although a few (still very few) have begun offering other departure cities. You meet up with the group at that stateside originating point and you fly to Cuba together on your charter flight; the tour ends with your arrival back at MIA. You have to get yourself to and from MIA on a separate ticket. There's no arriving early in Cuba or staying on post-tour, since that would constitute independent tourism. Our government still prohibits that.