Resumption of Aerogaviota flights announced in Cuba

Havana, July 13 (RHC) The Cuban transportation company Aerogaviota announced today the resumption of its flights to different destinations, both national and in the Caribbean area.

A message published by the airline on Twitter indicates this novelty that favors the recovery of tourism in Cuba, while calling on customers to contact the company (vuelos@ventas.gaviotatours.cu).

Aerogaviota S.A. is a Cuban airline that is dedicated to making local, regional, charter and private flights.

It began in October 1994, after the creation on February 23, 1990 of the Commercial Office of Air Services of the Gaviota Tourism group (among its connection centers are the José Martí International Airport and Playa Baracoa).

Recent messages in this regard indicate the resumption of flights to Jamaica from May 5 of this year, with two weekly frequencies (Monday and Friday), with departures from Havana and the eastern city of Santiago de Cuba, to Kingston, the capital.

In addition, they announced flights between Havana and Nueva Gerona (Isla de la Juventud), both for the locals and for the tourism movement.

The representative of the Cubatur agency in the recreational destination of Cayo Largo del Sur and Isla de la Juventud, Adrian Duvergel, confirmed the trips twice a week to that area, when he expressed hope that the summer operations will be successful and facilitate the international customer access.

In addition, the restart of flights between Havana and Nueva Gerona mark new strategies of the Ministry of Tourism in Cuba. Its experts bet that the Island is not only recognized as a sun and beach destination, but also allows the promotion of other modalities such as rurality, nature, health and well-being in that south-western territory.

Along these lines, the director of the Sierra Maestra international airport (Granma province, Oriente), Jorge Luis Cansino, said that Aerogaviota's ATR brand planes resume their trips from the capital to the eastern city of Manzanillo as of July 18.

He said that depending on the model used, ATR planes have a capacity between 42 and 72 passengers and their turboprop propulsion will allow them to cover the Havana-Manzanillo-Havana itinerary in an hour and 45 minutes, on average.

Cansino asserted that in his terminal all the technical, material and resource conditions are created to guarantee an effective development of the flights and the attention to the passengers in the different areas of the air terminal. (Source: PL)