MIAMI – Delta Airways restarted two each day Miami-Havana flights.

Yudith Padron was flying out of Miami Worldwide Airport to Havana on Monday morning. She stated in Spanish that she had chosen Delta over American Airways as a result of it was extra reasonably priced.

Mercy Vitali, who owns a journey company in Miami Lakes, agreed and stated it is because Delta has the higher cope with it involves baggage charges. Vacationers often load up on medication and meals for his or her Cuban households.

Delta, based in 1925, first restarted flights to Cuba in 2016 after a five-decade-long suspension. The airline suspended the flights once more in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Other than Delta and AA at MIA, airways similar to JetBlue and Southwest additionally provide flights to Cuba out of the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood Worldwide Airport. AA is the one airline to function each day flights to 5 different locations in Cuba.

In response to the U.S. Division of Transportation, beneath the 2016 Memorandum of Understanding, or MOU, between the U.S. and Cuba, U.S. carriers could function as much as 20 each day round-trip flights.

Along with the scheduled provider providers, there are a number of constitution operations serving numerous factors in Cuba, primarily from Miami, and these aren’t restricted, in line with DOT.

Here’s a chart of the providers DOT permits by MOU: