Flights to Cuba from USA
Flights for Travel to Cuba from USA
Previously (before 2010) just a handful of airports including Los Angeles, Miami and New York been approved for Flights for Travel to Cuba from USA.
However, recently various routes were approved, meaning that those who are traveling with permission from the United States government can travel much easier than before. The current airports approved for direct Flights for Travel to Cuba from USA for those with a license (permission) to travel are:
Direct Flights for Travel to Cuba from USA
Chicago's O'Hare
Baltimore
Dallas Fort Worth
New Orleans
Pittsburgh
Tampa
Atlanta
San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Los Angeles
Miami
New York
Oakland
However, due to recent modifications in the permitted “motives” for travel to Cuba, many other Americans qualify to simply travel to the island without a license which opens the door to several popular routes used by Americans for Flights for Travel to Cuba from USA both past and present.
Probably the two most popular Flights for Travel to Cuba from USA are Cancun - Havana or Nassau - Havana.
However, direct flights are also available from Mexico City, Merida, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Dominican Republic and many other locations. This simply means buying a return ticket to your “gateway” country then a separate onward return flight to Cuba. Timing can be tricky though and, many have found they need to overnight in the third country they hop from. NON of these flights to/from Cuba will be available from standard online bookings sites domiciled in the US or, even those websites for markets outside of the US if the website is owned by a US company. So, the likes of Travelocity or Expedia, even on European versions of their websites, will not allow bookings of Cuba bound flights. Some companies offer fully synchronized flights and work out the itinerary with you to save long stopovers and wasted time.
In these cases Flights to Cuba from USA are, of course, not direct.
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