Delta Granted Permission To Resume non-Stop Service To Havana Daily from New York-JFK, Atlanta and Miami

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

would start serving Havana, Cuba, this fall from New York-JFK, Atlanta and Miami after U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announcement. According to the company, it has been granted permission to resume non-stop service to Havana. The airliner said that it would start selling seats to Havana this summer. Delta applauded the DOT announcement and thanked it for awarding the airline the ability to resume operating daily, nonstop scheduled service to the Caribbean island for the first time in nearly five and half decades. The company indicated that its flights between New York-JFK and Havana would link the New York City area, including the second-biggest Cuban-American population, to Cuba's political, cultural and economic capital. Delta's VP for Latin America and the Caribbean, Nicolas Ferri, said, "Today has been a long-awaited moment to celebrate Delta's historic return to Cuba, and we thank Secretary Foxx, his team and the other U.S. officials for granting us the authority to provide Havana service from Atlanta, Miami and New York." He continued to add that "We look forward to providing the market with excellent customer and operational performance that will reunite families and support a new generation of travelers seeking to engage and explore this truly unique destination. The company stated that it inherited passenger service to Havana, Cuba, due to its merger with Chicago and Southern Air Lines (C&S) on May 1, 1953, providing nonstop flights from New Orleans. Delta resorted to suspension of service on December 1, 1961, following the political instability and profitability issues. On Thursday, the stock traded 1.77 percent higher while writing this article.