Last year Cuba was more or less opened up to American tourism, and as a result, we saw US airlines add an unsustainable amount of capacity between the US and Cuba. For a moment traveling to Cuba was the new hot thing to do, though as Americans began to visit, it became apparent that the…
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Dont forget about the number of Cubans yearning to breathe free and visit new york and boston. it would be good for them to visit the birthplaces of freedom in this world.
Once the operation rights , do you have obligation to starting operation in a short period? If they can postpone operation, then it is very reasonable move. Cuban has all kind of restriction now, but once it is completely open up, it is a legit winter vacation heaven for people living in northeast.
Why do you assume they will only carry casual tourists? Lots of folks go to see family?
Well, no surprise that "hub to Havana" is working and the others not. Havana is the only city with more than 1m inhabitants (in fact about 2.5m). Next comes Santiago with a mere 0.4m ...
There are not many latin american cities below 1m inhabitants which enjoy non stop service to/from the US (I guess Belize City is the only one which comes to my mind). Why would Cuba be different?
Yeah I'm sure some points & miles blogger/airline cabin reviewer has a better idea of what makes a good business case for a given airline, than the airline itself.
I think Southwest could definitely pull off 1-3x Weekly BWI-HAV, HOU-HAV, judging by the large scale vacation traffic hub points already established in those cities.
JetBlue starting Newark-Havana is suicide. E190 CASM is already really high, and the RASM is essentially the same as a flight from the NY area to Florida. Why take the risk?
If AA wants to add so many flights into Havana, they should really operate all those flights be Envoy, with E-Jet aircraft, creating a MIA-HAV Shuttle type of thing.
We found Havana to be like one giant ghetto...much like Taipei & Tijuana. Until the politics change and capitalism is restored I wouldn't suggest anyone waste their money.
There is the reason people risk 90+ miles of open ocean with anything that flots to escape that heaven of communism
Lucky after just returning from Cienfegous, Trinidad, and Havana. All I know there is one thing that I can't get out of my head. Its something that a kind young Cuban lady said to me. She said I hope that the American people keep their hearts open that they can continue to visit. She said her Grandfather said you can always make more soup just add water. And you can put 10 people in my 2 bedroom apartment we will always be open and welcome you here.
We (BOS) don't fall in one of the top concentrations of Cubans by metro area but I'd bet that B6 could make 1x a week BOS-HAV nonstop work. There are a fair number of Cubans here and they tend to be fairly well off. https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/cuban-immigrants-united-states#Distribution
Things Europeans don't understand - difficulties Americans have with accepting Cuba.
Been there twice so far. First time out of curiosity back in 2007. Havana was OK. They tried to be a bit too commercial in a weird way. However, we also spent 2 weeks down south last winter, in Holguin area. It's not only lovely there but the nature and sea, well, it's the Caribbean!
Anyway - just my 5 cents. Cuba is nice, depends how you look at it.
We found Cuba to be overly expensive for what you get , poor food, poor transportation , expensive hotels , tacky Casas... there are lots of other cities in central and south America that are better value and more fun .
I can't wait to go there and have my brain damaged.
https://www.livescience.com/61129-us-embassy-workers-in-cuba-sustained-brain-damage.html
Actually, wanting to go there is a pretty good indication of already having brain damage. As Jojo and Ken Hughes explained above. 😉