Six airlines permitted to fly to Cuba

As part of the Obama Administration’s efforts to normalize relations with Cuba, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has approved six domestic airlines to begin scheduled flights between Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Minneapolis/St. Paul and Cuba as early as this fall. “Last year, President Obama announced that it was time to ‘begin a new journey’ with the Cuban people,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx.  “We are delivering on his promise by re-launching scheduled air service to Cuba after more than half a century.” On February 16, 2016, Secretary Foxx and Department of State Assistant Secretary for Economic