American, JetBlue, Frontier, Southwest, Sun Country, and Silver are in the process of rolling out their flights to Cuba's nine provincial airports this fall and early winter. The Department of Transportation has tentatively approved American, United, Delta, Frontier, Southwest, Alaska, JetBlue, and Spirit to serve Havana. Once the DOT approval becomes official, airlines can begin marketing and selling those flights. Delta has indicated it hopes to have its Havana service up and running by early December.
Even if you travel via a third country, you are still bound by U.S. law and your trip must fall under one of the 12 approved reasons for travel. Leisure tourism is not one of them. You can travel independently and put together your own cultural/educational itinerary outside the confines of a tour group. That has to be the focus of your trip. No lazing on the beach, in other words. That's the strict letter of the law. Certainly, Americans do go to Cuba and hang out at the beach. Such a trip does not conform to U.S. law.
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