Delta Air Lines to resume Cuba services in early 2Q23

 Photo: Duncan Stewart - LAX

Delta Air Lines (DL, Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson) has announced it will resume flights to Cuba on April 10, 2023, following a three-year hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and changing regulatory circumstances.

The carrier will operate the Miami Int'l-Havana Int'l route 2x daily using A320-200 aircraft.

Delta is thus the last of the four largest US carriers, as American Airlines, Southwest Airlines, and United Airlines, as well as JetBlue Airways have all already resumed services to Cuba. While all of these serve Havana, American Airlines is the only airline to operate scheduled services between the US and regional Cuban airports. The ch-aviation schedules module shows it currently serves Camagüey, Holguin, Santa Clara de Cuba, Santiago de Cuba, and Varadero, in addition to the capital.

Direct scheduled flights between the US and Cuba became possible in 2016 when the Obama administration relaxed a longstanding travel embargo on the island. In January 2020, the Trump administration reversed this policy, banning all flights to points other than Havana and restricting the frequency of flights to the capital. Shortly thereafter, all flights were suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. All limits were removed again in June 2022 by the Biden administration.

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