US Residents Can Now Fly To Cuba With Travel Restrictions See Relaxations

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flight carrying passengers from Miami, Florida, to the central Cuban city of Santa Clara, marked the restart of American air connections to destinations beyond the island nation’s capital Havana.

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US airlines are again scheduled to fly to the cities of Camaguey, Holguin, Santiago de Cuba and Santa Clara this month, Cuba’s airport management company ECASA said in a statement.

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For now, the flights will depart from the US cities of Tampa and Miami, both in Florida and home to most Cuban nationals living abroad.

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Yellow Flower Green Leaf Banner In recent months, the US government also announced the gradual resumption of consular services at the American Embassy in Havana

the lifting of the cap on remittances Cuban Americans send to their families on the island.

During the previous US administration, American charter and regularly scheduled flights were restricted to Havana

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