Ban To Go Into Effect December 10

The U.S. State Department has requested that the Department of Transportation ban all scheduled airline flights to Cuban airports other than Havana.

In a letter sent to the DOT, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said "To further the Administration’s 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, in the foreign policy interests of the United States, I respectfully request that the Department of Transportation suspend until further notice all scheduled US carrier flights between the United States and all airports in Cuba, except Jose Marti International Airport (HAV) in Havana."

The ban goes into effect December 10th.

The blog onemileatatime.com reports that U.S. airlines currently fly to five airports other than Havana in Cuba. American Airlines has the most flights to those airports, while JetBlue operates some as well.

The order would cancel flights between Miami and Fort Lauderdale to:

• Camagüey
• Holguín
• Santa Clara
• Santiago
• Varadero

NASDAQ reports that the flights would end shortly before Christmas, a time when many Cuban Americans fly home for the holidays.

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