Alaska Airlines to end Cuba flights
Source: KING 5 News Seattle
Barely a year after it began, Alaska Airlines will end its groundbreaking first west coast flights to Cuba.
The airline has applied to end flights on January 22, 2018. It began flights on January 5, 2017.
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“In the fall period we started to see a precipitous drop off, and probably not helped by a very severe hurricane season,” said Kirby. “We found a lot of pent up demand started going away, and subsequently this decision on re-regulation.”
In early November, the Trump administration finalized its rules again restricting travel to Cuba. Americans can still travel there, but the revised rules largely restrict travel to organized tour groups, putting an end to much of the individual travel happening under educational or so called “people-to-people” exchanges opened up under the Obama administration.
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