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Tourism to Cuba still isn’t authorized for all U.S. citizens, but travelers can be approved under twelve sanctioned categories of travel.
MONTREAL – LGC Capital Ltd. announced that InCloud9 (IC9), its bespoke travel business, is already seeing an increase in U.S.-based travel to Cuba. This is a result of the U.S. Department of Transportation's recent announcement that specific U.S. airlines are now able to fly scheduled commercial flights between the two countries.
On August 31, 2016, JetBlue was the first airline to fly a commercial flight from the U.S. to Cuba since 1961. American Airlines followed suit by beginning to offer direct commercial flights on September 7, 2016.
By the end of August, the U.S. Department of Transport had granted the following airlines access to Cuba from U.S. cities: Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines, JetBlue Airways, Southwest Airlines, Spirit Airlines, and United Airlines. The airlines will offer direct flights to Cuba from Atlanta, Charlotte, Fort Lauderdale, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Newark, New York City, Orlando, and Tampa.
LGC Capital Co-Chairman & CEO, David Lenigas commented, "The latest lifting of restrictions for commercial air travel between Cuba and the U.S. has seen a welcome boost to the Cuban travel sector and our bespoke travel company InCloud9 is seeing a rise in enquiries and travel between the two countries. InCloud9 is now in the process of expanding its staff in and out of Cuba to cater for the extra business."
Tourism to Cuba still isn't authorized for all U.S. citizens, but travelers can be approved under twelve sanctioned categories of travel. For those that qualify, InCloud9 is one of a handful of companies that has a Cuban government license for assisting foreign (including U.S.) clients flying in and out of Cuba on charter flights, private jets, and now from the newly-scheduled commercial flights.
The new U.S. approvals now also make air travel possible for non-U.S. nationalities to use charter or scheduled flights and connect in and out of Cuba making trips like Toronto – Miami – Cuba – Miami – Toronto possible for the first time.
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