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via Paris. Air Europa flies via With the setting up of suitable DIRECTORY
Madrid; KLM via Amsterdam. terminal facilities, the Cuban
From Canada, there are flights government is expected to US Travellers
with Cubana de Aviación and Air issue licenses by 2017. US Treasury Department
Canada. Cubana de Aviación and Private yachts are welcome Tel (202) 622 2000 (US).
Interjet also operate flights from at Cuba’s many harbours, ∑ treas.gov/ofac
Mexico – with services departing including Marina Hemingway
from Cancún and Mexico City in Havana. The following Arriving by Air
airports. Avianca flies from documents are needed: the Air Canada
other parts of Central America. passports of all those on board, ∑ aircanada.com
Regular flights have been the ownership docu ments,
scheduled by US airlines to all the name and registration Air Europa
airports across Cuba since late number of the boat, and the ∑ aireuropa.com
2016. American Airlines and customs document (zarpe) Air France
JetBlue are among the carriers issued at the last port the ship ∑ airfrance.com
that operate daily flights to called at. The Cruising Guide to American Airlines
Havana, and a few selected Cuba by Simon Charles is a ∑ aa.com
carriers fly to other Cuban cities. good source of information.
Avianca
∑ avianca.com
Airports Organized Tours and Blue Panorama
Package Holidays
Cuba has 10 international and ∑ blue-panorama.it
21 domestic airports. The main Air fares vary depending on Cubana de Aviación
international airport is José Martí, the airline and time of year. ∑ cubana.cu
18 km (11 miles) south of Havana. The best value is often to buy Interjet
Charter flights land at Terminal 2, a package includ ing charter ∑ interjet.com
scheduled flights at Terminal 3, flights from a tour operator;
while Terminal 1 is reserved for your travel agent can help JetBlue
domestic flights. you decide which is the most ∑ jetblue.com
Most of the other inter national suitable for your needs. KLM
airports (other than in Havana) Mainstream UK tour operators ∑ klm.com
are for charter flights for tourists include Thomas Cook and Thomas Cook
en route to holiday resorts. The Holiday Place. Specialist ∑ thomascook.com
Of these, Varadero is the busiest. operators, who can help
independent travellers plan Virgin Atlantic
a tailor-made visit, include ∑ virgin-atlantic.com
Arriving by Sea Journey Latin America and
British Thomson and Canadian Esencia Experiences. Caledonia Arriving by Sea
Your Cuba Cruise both run cruises (see p253 and p255) offers Starclippers
around the island. Starclippers arrangements including music ∑ starclippers.com
runs from Cienfuegos with port and dance tuition. Thomson
calls on the Cayman Islands. Special interest holidays, ∑ thomson.co.uk/cruise
In 2015 the US government especially those involving
began issuing licenses to diving, watersports and salsa Your Cuba Cruise
∑ yourcubacruise.com
American ferry operators for are particularly popular, and
services between Havana and eco-tourism is also a developing Tour Operators
ports in Miami and the Florida area (see p254). Among the tour
Keys. In 2016, the US cruise operators offering special Cubania
operator, Carnival Corp made interest holidays are Scuba Tel 7207 9888 (Cuba).
its maiden voyage to Cuba. en Cuba and Cubania. ∑ cubaniatravel.com
Esencia Experiences
Tel 01481 714 898 (UK).
The Holiday Place
Tel 020 7644 1770 (UK).
∑ theholidayplace.co.uk
∑ esenciaexperiences.com
Journey Latin America
Tel 020 3432 9175 (UK).
∑ journeylatinamerica.co.uk
Scuba en Cuba
Tel 01895 624 100 (UK).
∑ scuba-en-cuba.com
An aeroplane landing at Cayo Largo, an international holiday resort

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