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Travel Weekly Secaucus, New Jersey 29 October 2019 Travel Weekly Secaucus, New Jersey 29 October 2019 Latest Cuba restrictions force tour operators to adjust By Robert Silk A tour group in Havana. Photo Credit: Action Sports/Shutterstock The Trump administrations decision to ban commercial flights from the U.S. to Cub an destinations other than Havana could cause complications for tour operators. However, where needed, operators will have the option to use charter flights as an alternative. The latest restrictions, which take effect during the second week of December, will put an end to daily American Airlines flights from Miami to the Cuban cities of Camaguey, Hoguin, Santa Clara, Santiago and Varadero. JetBlue will end flights from Fort Lauderdale to Camaguey, Holguin and Santa Clara. In a letter requesting the Department of Transportation to issue the new rules, secretary of state Mike Pompeo wrote that the purpose of restrictions is to strengthen the economic consequences of the Cuban governments "ongoing repression of the Cuban people and its support for Nicholas Maduro in Venezuela." The restrictions dont directly affect all Cuba tour operators. For example, Cuba Candela flies its clients in and out of Havana only, said CEO Chad Olin. But the new rules will force sister tour operators InsightCuba and Friendly Planet to make adjustments, said InsightCuba president Tom Popper. In the past few months, he explained, Friendly Planet’s "Captivating Cuba" tour and InsightCubas "Classic Cuba" tour began departing Cuba from the north central city of Santa Clara. Now those itineraries will go back to using departure flights from Havana. As a result, guests will leave Cienfuegos on the last day of the tour to head back to Havana for the return flight. "Whats great is that none of the tour programming needs to change," Pop per said. Another InsightCuba tour, "Undiscovered Cuba," departs the island from the eastern city of Holguin, which is much farther from Havana than is Santa Clara. For that itinerary, the company is looking into replacing commercial air service with charter service, Popper said. The new restrictions, Popper said, will have an impact on Cuban-Americans visiting family outside of Havana. But for InsightCuba, using charter service from Holguin to Miami "will represent virtually no disruption to passengers." Prior to the decision by the Obama administration to restore commercial flights between the U.S. and Cuba in 2016, all flights between the two countries were operated via charter. The onset of commercial service put an end to many of those charter flights. Now, charters could have a resurgence to satisfy demand for travel by Cuban-Americans to secondary Cuban markets, said John Kavulich, president of the U.S.-Cuba Trade and Economic Council. While charter flights will remain available, there will be inconveniences. Charter operations to Cuba, Kavulich said, are more expensive than commercial flights. And the operators historically havent accepted credit cards. Other inconveniences include the inability to check luggage through to a final destination, lack of access to frequent-flyer programs and flight schedules that arent as likely to be synchronized as they would be with a commercial carrier selling single-itinerary travel. Beyond that, Kavulich said, many travelers are simply more comfortable flying on familiar airlines. "All of that adds to the anxiety factor, which, of course, is the goal of the Trump administration -- to increase the level of anxiety to the point where the non-family members will go somewhere else," he said. The New York Times New York, New York 25 October 2019 Trump Administration Cuts Flights to Most Cuban Airports Looking to punish Cuba over its support for President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela, the United States will ban airlines from servicing all cities besides Havana. The Transportation Department said it would suspend flights to nine airports in Cuba beginning in December.Credit...Yamil Lage/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images By Zach Montague WASHINGTON — The Transportation Department announced Friday that it would suspend flights from the United States to nine airports in Cuba beginning in December. The policy will sever air service to every international airport there except the one in Havana. The suspensions were made at the request of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who endorsed the measure as “in line with the president’s foreign policy toward Cuba,” according to a statement from the State Department, which has targeted Cuba in the last year over its support for President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela. The Trump administration has said it does not recognize Mr. Maduro’s government and has explored a variety of strategies to compel Mr. Maduro to step down, including offering Mr. Maduro amnesty in August if he voluntarily resigned. As Mr. Maduro has stayed in power, the Trump administration has taken aim at Cuba with increasingly punitive sanctions and restrictions. The new suspensions announced on Friday follow several other recent measures aimed at complicating travel to and within Cuba. In June, the Trump administration banned cruise ships and several other classes of vessels from travel to the island. Last week, the Commerce Department said it would restrict the leasing of commercial aircraft to Cuba’s state-owned airlines. A spotlight on the people reshaping our politics. A conversation with voters across the country. And a guiding hand through the endless news cycle, telling you what you really need to know. The elimination of flights to any airport outside Cuba’s capital comes just over three years after flights between Cuba and the United States were restored under the Obama administration, leading to scheduled flights between the two countries for the first time in more than 50 years. John S. Kavulich, the president of the U.S.-Cuba Trade and Economic Council, said the new restrictions were unlikely to significantly harm the Cuban economy. “There’s no question that Cuba is being punished for its relationship with Venezuela,” he said. “It’s a highly visible decision but in terms of practical impact on Cuba, this is more shock and awe than it is bite and bleed.” In a tweet, Bruno Rodríguez, Cuba’s foreign minister, criticized the restrictions and said that they would unnecessarily disrupt travel but not compel Cuba to make any concessions. The policy is scheduled to go into effect on Dec. 10, allowing airlines in the United States 45 days to discontinue suspended routes and make arrangements for passengers scheduled to fly on those routes after that date. The timing will force airlines to cut flights to the island shortly before Christmas and New Year’s, when many Cuban Americans usually fly home for the holiday season. Infobae Buenos Aires, Argentina 25 October 2019 EEUU prohibió los vuelos comerciales a toda Cuba menos a La Habana (Reuters) El Departamento de Transporte suspendió la autorización a las aerolíneas estadounidenses para efectuar vuelos desde Estados Unidos hacia todos los destinos en Cuba exceptuando el aeropuerto internacional José Martí de La Habana. Esa medida se tomó “a pedido del Departamento de Estado”, dijeron las autoridades en un comunicado en el que especifican que la norma entrará en vigor en 45 días. El jefe de la diplomacia estadounidense, Mike Pompeo, pidió en una carta al Departamento de Transporte que suspendiera la autorización de vuelo para fortalecer las sanciones contra el gobierno de Cuba por la “represión a su propio pueblo, además de su continuo apoyo” al gobierno de Nicolás Maduro en Venezuela. Según el Departamento de Transporte, esta medida afecta a nueve aeropuertos internacionales, entre ellos el de Santiago de Cuba. El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, ha intensificado el bloqueo que aplica contra la isla desde 1962, revirtiendo la apertura que hubo con su predecesor, Barack Obama, y aplicando medidas que afectan al turismo, inversiones y el envío de combustible. La semana pasada, el Departamento de Comercio anunció restricciones para impedir que el gobierno de Cuba arriende aviones para sus aerolíneas estatales. Esta medida obligó a la aerolínea estatal Cubana de Aviaciones a suspender sus vuelos a México, Venezuela y a otros destinos del Caribe. El lunes pasado entró en vigor una nueva tanda de medidas para endurecer aún más el embargo comercial de EEUU a Cuba, como su inclusión en la lista de Estados patrocinadores del terrorismo. Un portavoz del Departamento de Estado de EEUU dijo a Efe que las sanciones fueron impuestas en represalia por el apoyo que La Habana ofrece al régimen de Maduro. “El apoyo desmedido de Cuba a Maduro en Venezuela demuestra la disposición del régimen a exportar su sistema de represión y abusos contra los derechos humanos, desestabilizando a toda la región”, afirmó el citado portavoz. Esa fuente rechazó comentar las "deliberaciones o potenciales deliberaciones" relacionadas con el proceso para incluir a un país en la lista de países patrocinadores del terrorismo que elabora el Departamento de Estado, de la que Cuba salió en 2015, durante el deshielo abierto entonces entre los dos países. Las nuevas sanciones establecen que, a partir de ese lunes, EEUU prohibió al resto del mundo vender a Cuba artículos que contengan un 10 % de componentes estadounidenses, lo que supone un cambio sustancial pues hasta ahora se podían exportar productos que tuvieran hasta un 25 % de piezas hechas en EEUU. Miguel Díaz-Canel y Nicolás Maduro en Caracas el 30 de mayo (Carlos Becerra/Bloomberg) Asimismo, se determinó que solo podrán venderse en Cuba aquellas infraestructuras de telecomunicaciones que faciliten el "libre" flujo de informaciones entre el pueblo cubano. También se prohíbe a compañías y ciudadanos estadounidenses comprar "artículos de promoción" del sistema político cubano, aunque se permitirá su adquisición si proviene del sector privado. Por regla general, EEUU permite donaciones de material científico, cultural y educativo destinado a “apoyar al pueblo cubano”; pero ahora ha incluido una excepción en la normativa vigente para dejar claro que ni el Ejecutivo ni el Partido Comunista de Cuba pueden beneficiarse de esas concesiones.
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