Marazul, a travel agency based in Miami that specializes in travel to Cuba, has partnered with Delta Airlines to restore flights between Havana, Cuba and a selection of U.S. airports as restrictions on travel to Cuba are being eased in the United States.
According to Marazul's website, the direct flight between New York City's JFK International Airport and Havana is scheduled to be restored starting Sunday. In addition, beginning in December Marazul will provide flights from Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport that operate weekly.
Tickets must be round-trip and can only be purchased directly from Marazul travel. The chartered flights feature a Boeing 737 operated by crews from Delta.
Not anyone can make the trip, however. Marazul's website states that only passengers that have been duly authorized by the U.S. government to travel to Cuba (including, but not exclusively, those with close relatives in Cuba, official business travelers, professionals, students, and other potential travelers authorized by the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control) may do so.
According to CNN, "in September of 2009, OFAC announced it would ease existing restrictions on travel to Cuba, citing President Barack Obama's initiative announced the same year to 'reach out to the Cuban people in support of their desire to freely determine their country.'"
The story from CNN can be found here: http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/06/travel/new-york-cuba-flights/index.html?hpt=tr_c2
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