U.S. Department Of Transportation Re-Authorizes Commercial Airlines To Service Nine Airports In Cuba
/“By this Order, the U.S. Department of Transportation (the Department or DOT), acting at the request of the Department of State, revokes previous actions restricting certain air services between the United States and Cuba.”
“By letter dated May 31, 2022, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken wrote to Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, stating: Consistent with Administration measures announced May 16 in support of the Cuban people, and in the foreign policy interests of the United States, I respectfully request the Department of Transportation terminate all civil aviation restrictions on flights between the United States and Cuba implemented at the previous request of the U.S. Department of State in letters dated October 25, 2019; January 7, 2020; and August 13, 2020. Accordingly, the Department finds that it is in the public interest to revoke, effective immediately, the actions referenced above and set forth in the ordering paragraphs below.”
“The nine international airports, other than Havana’s José Marti International Airport (HAV), are: the
Ignacio Agramonte International Airport in Camagüey (CMW); the Jardines del Rey Airport in Cayo
Coco (CCC); the Vilo Acuña Airport in Cayo Largo (CYO); the Jaime González Airport in Cienfuegos
(CFG); the Frank País Airport in Holguín (HOG); the Sierra Maestra Airport in Manzanillo (MZO); the
Juan Gualberto Gómez Airport in Matanzas (VRA); the Abel Santamaría Airport in Santa Clara (SNU);
and the Antonio Maceo Airport in Santiago de Cuba (SCU).”
