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3. First direct Brazil flight to take off in July

First direct Brazil flight to take off in July

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CUBA STANDARD — Flag carrier Cubana de Aviación is resuming direct flights to Brazil with a Havana-São Paulo route on July 10, the tourism ministry said in a press release.

The once-a-week flight, on a 262-passenger IL 96-300, leaves on Wednesdays and returns on Thursdays.

No Brazilian airline is offering nonstop flights to Cuba. Brazilian visits have risen modestly over the past decade, to 16,000 in 2012. Also, Brazilian business activities in Cuba have intensified over the past years, producing an increase in business travel from Brazil to Cuba.[font size=3] Finally, as the government of Brazil is negotiating to contract 6,000 Cuban doctors, travel from Cuba to Brazil may be rising as early as this year.[/font]

Cubana is marketing its Brazil flights via Cuban tour operators, the Brazilian embassy in Havana, the Brazilian Export and Investment Promotion Agency (APEX), and the Brazilian Association of Tourism Operators (Braztoa).

“The more than 16,000 Brazilians that visited us in 2012 constitute a number far removed from the potential that country represents,” wrote the Cuban tourism ministry in a press release. “Without giving up sun and beaches, our destination will show Brazilian visitors its security, culture and history, and the rich nature we have.”
http://www.cubastandard.com/2013/06/29/first-direct-brazil-flight-to-take-off-in-july/

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