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Havana receives first flight from Moscow after three-year pause

Russian Aviaton » Monday December 25, 2023 10:40 MSK

A Russian flight landed at Jose Marti International Airport in Havana on Sunday afternoon, according to a TASS reporter.

The Rossiya airline, a subsidiary of Aeroflot Group, operated the direct flight between the two capitals for the first time since 2020 when Russia and Cuba halted air service amid the coronavirus pandemic. The flight brought more than 300 passengers to the Cuban capital.

From now on, the Russian airline will operate regular flights to Cuba twice per week.

Russia to Cuba has been one of Aeroflot’s oldest air routes since the inaugural flight on July 10, 1962. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko estimated earlier that Russian passenger flow to Cuba may exceed the pre-pandemic levels and top 150,000 tourists.