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Silver
Airways Wins Historic Approval for Flights to Cuba,
Including
Service from South Florida to All Nine Cuban Destinations
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Havana
route authority still to be decided
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Silver
expects approval for Havana routes soon
Fort
Lauderdale, FL – June 2016 / Newsmaker Alert / Silver
Airways, which operates more routes within Florida and between Florida
and the Bahamas than any other airline, today was awarded historic approval
from the U.S. Department of Transportation to officially begin operating
from South Florida to Cuba. Silver Airways is the only airline awarded
the right to serve all nine Cuban destinations, which includes the following
routes:
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Fort Lauderdale
– Santa Clara
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Fort Lauderdale
– Camagüey
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Fort Lauderdale
– Cienfuegos
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Fort Lauderdale
– Holguín
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Fort Lauderdale
– Santiago
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Fort Lauderdale
– Cayo Coco
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Fort Lauderdale
– Varadero
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Fort Lauderdale
– Cayo Largo
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Fort Lauderdale
– Manzanillo
Silver
will announce complete details on the new routes shortly. In the meantime,
visit Silver Airways’ English
and Spanish
pages for details and to book travel to Cuba starting October 20 (subject
to final Cuban government approval).
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“This
is truly a historic moment and a major win for the large Cuban American
population interested in visiting the many destinations in Cuba beyond
Havana,” said Silver Airways President and CEO Sami Teittinen. “This substantial
award of routes by the U.S. DOT reaffirms Silver’s position as ‘the’ airline
of choice not only in the Bahamas and Florida but now Cuba as well. Serving
all nine non-Havana routes, as we have consistently said, is dependent
on Silver being awarded routes to Havana. We eagerly await the DOT’s approval
of our Havana service request.”
“We
are honored to be the only airline awarded authority to serve all nine
non-Havana destinations. However, Havana remains a critical component of
Silver’s growth strategy in Cuba. Thousands of Cuban Americans will continue
to be alienated from their family and friends if Silver is not granted
direct service to Havana from West Palm Beach, Fort Myers, Key West, and
Jacksonville,” said Jason Bewley, Silver Airways CFO and Executive Vice
President Commercial. “Silver is the only carrier that can fly these travelers
home to their families without forcing them to endure long drives to distant
airports or requiring them to make time-wasting connections which unfortunately
is what the other airlines have proposed for residents of these important
Cuban-American communities here in Florida.”
Silver
Airways flights are operated with its fleet of 22 highly reliable and fuel-efficient
34-seat Saab 340B Plus turbo-prop aircraft.
About
Silver Airways
As
the airline of choice for Florida and the Bahamas, Silver Airways (www.silverairways.com)
operates more routes within Florida and between Florida and the Bahamas
than any other airline. The airline averages over 125 daily flights to
26 destinations in Florida (including hubs in Fort Lauderdale, Orlando,
and Tampa) and the Bahamas, and the Mid-Atlantic region from Washington-Dulles.
Silver is a codeshare partner with JetBlue and United Airlines, and has
interline agreements with American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Alaska Airlines,
Bahamasair, Hahn Air, Avianca, Azul Brazilian Airlines, and All Nippon
Airways. Silver operates a fleet of 22 highly reliable and fuel-efficient
34-seat Saab 340B Plus turboprop aircraft under its FAA Part 121 air carrier
certificate.
Media
Contact:
Silver
Airways
Misty
Pinson
954-292-8169 |
