Iberia Suspending Havana Flights

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Iberia Suspending Havana Flights

 

https://aviationweek.com/air-transport/airports-networks/iberia-suspending-havana-flights-cuba-energy-crisis-worsens

Spanish flag carrier Iberia will suspend flights to Cuba in June, citing the country’s “exceptional situation” in which jet fuel has run out and the Caribbean island faces a severe energy crisis.

Iberia, which operates 3X-weekly flights between Madrid-Barajas Airport (MAD) and Havana’s José Martí International Airport (HVN), will reduce service on the route to 2X-weekly in May. The carrier will suspend the route in June at least until November.

Iberia said it will continue to sell MAD-HVN tickets for flights from November onward and hopes to restart the route in November “provided that conditions allow it.”

Iberia cutting service to HVN is another blow for Cuban tourism, which has plummeted since February. Multiple Canadian airlines dropped service to Cuba in February—cutting off a major source of the country’s tourism business—and other airlines from around the world have been reducing or suspending flights to the island.