US Airlines to Start Scheduled Flights to Cuba
Source: Associated Press
HAVANA — Jun 10, 2016, 1:58 PM ET
Six airlines won permission Friday to resume scheduled commercial air service from the U.S. to Cuba for the first time in more than five decades, another milestone in President Barack Obama's campaign to normalize relations between Cold War foes.
The airlines — American, Frontier, JetBlue, Silver Airways, Southwest and Sun Country — were approved by the Department of Transportation for a total of 155 roundtrip flights per week. They'll fly from five U.S. cities to nine cities in Cuba other than Havana.
U.S. law still prohibits tourist travel to Cuba, but a dozen other categories of travel are permitted, including family visits, official business, journalist visits, professional meetings and educational and religious activities. The Obama administration has eased rules to the point where travelers are now free to design their own "people-to-people" cultural exchanges with little oversight.
Most of the airline service is expected to begin this fall and early winter, the department said.
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by giving money to workers involved in food and hotels and taxis and tour guides and completely ruining the charming culture of poor people by making them less poor. As proud liberals, we need to preserve people's poorness. 
Jury: I really want the Cuban people to get the best help that America has, our tourist dollars.
