United Airlines to o�er nonstop �ights to

Havana, Cuba from Houston

By Christina Nichols July 14, 2016

BUSINESS | COMMERCE | TRANSPORTATION

 

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Travelers in Houston will soon have the opportunity to board a �ight directly to Havana, Cubafor the �rst time in over 50 years.

Nearly a year after the Obama Administration reestablished diplomatic relations with Cuba, theDepartment of Transportation has selected eight U.S. airports—including George BushIntercontinental Airport—to begin scheduled �ights to Havana in the fall.

“We are very excited for our partners, United Airlines, on the positive next step forward inbringing nonstop service from Houston to Havana,” Mario Diaz, director of aviation for HoustonAirport System, said in a statement. “We are proud to be the only airport in the southwest regionof this country to be awarded this historic route.”

In February U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx signed an agreement with Cubancounterparts to allow for air service between the new countries to resume.

Under the new arrangement, the Department of Transportation allows airline carriers up to 20total round-trip �ights a day between the U.S. and Havana. Additionally the agreement

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allows both countries to operate up to 10 round-trip �ights between the U.S. and each of Cuba’s

other nine international airports.

“George Bush Intercontinental [Airport] is already established as United’s gateway to Latin

America,” Diaz said. “When the �nal steps in approving routes to Cuba are completed, a

connection with Havana will add to the more than 90 nonstop �ights to more than 50

destinations across Latin America that United provides from Houston.”

With the availability of �ights to Havana, Bush Intercontinental will directly connect 20

areas across the western and central U.S. to Cuba with one stop in Houston.

“This will eventually provide signi�cant economic bene�ts to Houston-area residents, travelers,

businesses and entrepreneurs,” Diaz said.

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