On Friday (4) American Airlines resumed non-stop operations to Camagüey (CMW) and Holguín (VRA) from Miami (MIA), thus bringing to six the number of cities in Cuba connected with the southern state of Florida. The added frequencies occur within a relaxation of U.S. measures against this Caribbean nation on air issues.
In August 2016 both countries resumed regular air communication after almost 60 years and there was an avalanche of new connections between the United States and different points of the island, with peaks of around 200 weekly flights to cities such as Camagüey, Holguín, Santa Clara and Varadero.
But in October 2019 Donald Trump put a brake on this situation by only allowing flights to and from Havana’s José Martí airport, and with a limit of 3,600 operations per year. In 2020 the administration went further and banned private charters. With Joe Biden in the White House, in May of this year it was announced that connections between the United States and other Cuban cities would again be allowed.
Resuming operations to Camaguey
Flight AA 1319 was operated in an Airbus A319 registered with registration number N12028, which took off from Miami Airport (MIA) at 08:45 local time and landed at Ignacio Agramonte y Loynez International Airport (SNU) at 10:04, after one hour and 4 minutes. This first service was boarded by 120 passengers with an occupancy factor of 93.8%.
Currently, American is the only U.S. operator to offer regular non-stop operations to Camagüey (CMW), the airline will have an offer of 1,792 weekly seats between Miami (MIA) and CMW.
Flight Itinerary to Ignacio Agramonte y Loynaz International Airport
- Miami – Camagüey Flight AA 1319 MIA 08:39 – CMW 09:50 daily flights.
- Camagüey – Miami Flight AA 1488 CMW 10:50 – MIA 12:08 daily flights.
All services will be operated in Airbus A319 aircraft with a capacity of 128 seats (8 Business Class/24 Main Cabin Extra/96 Economy).
Returning to Holguín
Flight AA 1491 was operated in a Boeing 737 registered with registration number N871NN, which took off from Miami Airport (MIA) at 14:07 local time and landed at Frank País García International Airport (HOG) at 15:05, after 58 minutes. This first service boarded 149 passengers with an occupancy factor of 86.6%.
American is the only airline to offer regular non-stop service between the United States and Holguín (HOG), where it will offer 2,408 seats per week.
Flight Itinerary to Frank País García International Airport
- Miami – Holguín Flight AA 1491 MIA 13:13 – HOG 14:40 daily flights.
- Holguín – Miami Flight AA 2726 HOG 15:40 – MIA 17:11 daily flights.
All services will be operated in Boeing 737-800 Next Generation aircraft with a capacity of 172 seats (16 Business Class/30 Main Cabin Extra/126 Economy).
According to data obtained by Aviacionline through Cirium, American will offer 27,500 monthly seats between Miami (MIA) and Cuba through six destinations in November. This week the airline also resumed non-stop service to Santa Clara (SNU) and Varadero (VRA).
The airline operates one daily flight to Camagüey, forty-two weekly flights to Havana, one daily flight to Holguín, one daily flight to Santiago de Cuba, fourteen weekly flights to Santa Clara and one daily flight to Varadero
See also: American Airlines resumes flights to Santa Clara and Varadero
