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Scheduled passenger flights to Cuba resume - now with jets

Published Thu, Sep 1, 2016 · 09:50 PM

    Fort Lauderdale, Florida

    AMID live Cuban music, fresh guava pastries and a water cannon salute, the first scheduled passenger jet service in history between Cuba and the United States kicked off on Wednesday with a 9.45am flight from here to Santa Clara, about three hours east of Havana.

    The flight on JetBlue - the first regularly scheduled flight from the US to Cuba in more than 50 years - was another important step towards normalised relations between two former Cold War foes, which promises to sharply reduce airfares and ease travel between the nations.