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Old Jun 30, 2008 | 5:19 am
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S. Fla.-based airline fined for paying to fly over Cuba

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/brow...ry/587859.html

Miramar-based Spirit Airlines has been fined $100,000 for paying the Cuban government for permission to use the island's airspace, constituting a violation of the long-standing U.S. embargo against the island.
According to a report by the Office of Foreign Asset Control of the Treasury Department, Spirit Airlines made several money transfers to Cuban government accounts from September 2004 to March 2007 without a valid license for such activity.
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