Flights to Russia from Cuba and vice versa continue to have wide demand among Cubans who travel to Moscow for shopping tourism and Russians who vacation in the island’s hotels, especially in the Cayo Coco and Varadero areas.
In recent days, independent media, such as El Vigía de Cuba, pointed out that the Aeroflot company, the main Russian airline, would suspend its flights to Havana next May, only five months following having resumed the route between Moscow and the capital. Cuban.
According to this magazine, the probable cancellation comes shortly following the visit of the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, who precisely spoke of the increase in frequencies. But this medium details that Aeroflot no longer offers more flight options as of May 12.
From the aforementioned media, they state that an unidentified pilot of the airline reported that until now only information is known regarding the decision not to fly, without going into the reasons why. But according to him, this was a measure of the group “due to the little interest of Russians in traveling to Cuba and of Cubans in going to Moscow.”
Flights to Russia from Cuba and vice versa
According to the flight schedule of the “José Martí” Airport in Havana, the Aeroflot company, for this month of February, presented these flights. Tuesday and Friday from Moscow to the Cuban capital.
In fact, if you access the official Aeroflot website and search for connections following May 12, the page gives you the following message: “There are no flights available for these dates.”
Beyond whether there is demand or not, this might also be a pause, since the low tourism season would come, where Russians prefer to travel nearby, as the climate in the area improves a lot. Interest in traveling to the Caribbean drops enormously.
Aeroflot is not the only option for flights from Russia to Cuba at the moment, in fact it is the one that offered the fewest connections. In addition, the companies Nordwind and Rossiya are flying to several airports.
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