In Havana, U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx has signed
an arrangement to re-establish scheduled air service between the United States
and Cuba for the first time in more than 50 years.
The arrangement allows U.S. carriers to operate a combined
20 round-trip flights a day between the United States and Havana and 10 daily
between the United States and each of Cuba's nine other airports, a total of 110
round-trip flights, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation. Charter
flights may continue as usual.
Carriers now can apply for the service slots,
which the DOT expects to award this summer, giving
priority to proposals that "will offer and maintain the best service to
the traveling and shipping public."
Most major U.S. carriers have expressed
interest in flying to Cuba.