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Posted onPost created on October 22 2015 09:34 ET by Jim Daigneau

I found this interesting post at the Airways News site.
"What is Delta doing at Havana? Does the company have some special insight on when it believes normalized operations will resume or is this just a bit of playing with the schedules and signaling to competitors."
http://airwaysnews.com/blog/2015/10/20/what-is-delta-doing-at-havana/
Of course, Delta is an old name in Havana. The 1953 merger with Chicago & Southern served Havana out of New Orleans. But, today, who knows? As the article states, look for something by the end of the year.

Jim Daigneau (DVA5643)

DVA4176
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Posted onPost created on October 22 2015 14:15 ET by Scott D Williams

It will be interesting to see which carriers will actually start scheduled runs down there. I would like to make the trip but more like in mid winter rather than summer.

Scott D Williams

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Posted onPost created on October 22 2015 14:29 ET by Bill Gardiner

Cuba is one the major vacation destinations for us Canadians. Looks like it will be soon for Americans too. It's a beautiful country.

Bill Gardiner

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