{"id":135977,"date":"2019-10-28T07:50:48","date_gmt":"2019-10-28T07:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/us-to-bar-airline-flights-to-all-cuban-airports-except-havana\/"},"modified":"2019-10-28T07:50:48","modified_gmt":"2019-10-28T07:50:48","slug":"us-to-bar-airline-flights-to-all-cuban-airports-except-havana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/us-to-bar-airline-flights-to-all-cuban-airports-except-havana\/","title":{"rendered":"US to Bar Airline Flights to All Cuban Airports Except Havana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. government said on Oct. 25 it would bar U.S. airlines from flying to all destinations in Cuba besides Havana starting on Dec. 10 as the Trump administration boosts pressure on the Cuban government.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Transportation Department said in a notice it was taking the action at the request of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to \u201cfurther the administrations policy of strengthening the economic consequences to the Cuban regime for its ongoing repression of the Cuban people and its support for Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis action will prevent the Castro regime from profiting from U.S. air travel and using the revenues to repress the Cuban people,\u201d Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Twitter. Raul Castro stepped down as president last year but remains head of the Communist Party, the countrys highest authority.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nToday, I asked <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecElaineChao?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@SecElaineChao<\/a> to suspend scheduled air service between the U.S. and all Cuban airports, except Havanas Jose Mart\u00ed Airport. This action will prevent the Castro regime from profiting from U.S. air travel and using the revenues to repress the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Cuban?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#Cuban<\/a> people.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Secretary Pompeo (@SecPompeo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecPompeo\/status\/1187861263319216130?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">October 25, 2019<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The move will bar U.S. air carrier flights to any of the nine international airports in Cuba other than Havana and impact about 8 flights a day.<\/p>\n<p>The prohibition does not impact charter flights. There are no foreign air carriers providing direct scheduled flights between the United States and Cuba.<\/p>\n<p>Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrunoRguezP\/status\/1187850160250015744\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tweet<\/a> that his country strongly condemned the move and that it \u201cstrengthened restrictions on U.S. travel to Cuba and its citizens freedoms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carrie Filipetti, deputy assistant secretary for Cuba and Venezuela in the State Departments Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, said Havana would serve as the gateway for Cuban-Americans wanting to see their relatives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to make sure that Cuban-Americans do have a route to their families. You need to enter. Havana is currently carved out for this,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>She warned, however, that \u201cwe will continue to increase sanctions\u201d and said other countries should do the same.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a long path with many steps along the way,\u201d she said to a standing ovation.<\/p>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2019\/10\/26\/Cuban-airport-Havana-1200x800.jpg\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/themes\/eet\/images\/white.png\" \/><figcaption><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.the&lt;a href=https\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us-to-bar-airline-flights-to-all-cuban-airports-except-havana_3128367.html&gt;Read More \u2013 Source&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;_&lt;\/body&gt;&lt;\/html&gt;\" \/><\/figcaption><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. government said on Oct. 25 it would bar U.S. airlines from flying to all destinations in Cu..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":135978,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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