{"id":199330,"date":"2019-05-24T14:20:21","date_gmt":"2019-05-24T18:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=199330"},"modified":"2019-05-24T18:07:24","modified_gmt":"2019-05-24T22:07:24","slug":"american-airlines-long-term-bet-on-cuba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba-usa\/american-airlines-long-term-bet-on-cuba\/","title":{"rendered":"American Airlines\u2019 long-term bet on Cuba"},"content":{"rendered":"

Although the Trump administration threatens to further limit trips to Cuba by Americans and lawsuits under the <\/span>Helms-Burton Act<\/span><\/a> could reach U.S. airlines, American Airlines (AA) is seeking to increase its flights to the Island.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Our experience here has been very satisfactory. It has allowed us to continue growing, to increase the number of operations and to consolidate us as the airline with the most flights between the United States and Cuba,” Ram\u00f3n Jim\u00e9nez, director of AA operations on the Island, assured OnCuba<\/strong>. “That\u2019s why our approach is to make a long-term bet on the Cuban market.”<\/span><\/p>\n

The U.S. airline opened a commercial office two years ago in Havana, at a time when the number of <\/span>flights<\/span><\/a> and travelers from the U.S. was growing exponentially after the Obama era\u2019s thaw. Since then, despite the rollback promoted by Trump and contrary to what happened with other companies, AA has not stopped growing in Cuba.<\/span><\/p>\n

AA currently operates 12 daily flights to several cities on the Island, after <\/span>the beginning<\/span><\/a> in early May of the route between Miami and Santiago de Cuba. But in the coming months the company will increase the number of its departures.<\/span><\/p>\n

Santiago de Cuba recibe el primer vuelo de American Airlines<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n