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Jardines del Rey airport prepared for high tourism season

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The arrival of flights from Canada and Russia is expected and work is being done to operate larger aircraft. Although with a slight delay in the runway improvements, the Jardines del Rey International Airport is almost ready for the start of the high season of tourist operations in the Ciego de Ávila hub, scheduled for the month of November. As Lester Guisán Valdés, General Coordinator of the airport, explained to Invasor, the paving works on the runway are essential to operate larger aircraft (more than 300 passengers)

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Cuban Civil Aeronautics reports on incident with aircraft destined for fumigation work

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On Friday, October 21, 2022, an AN-2 type aircraft, identified with flight CNI 400, registration CU A1885, belonging to the National Air Services Company (ENSA), took off from the ENSA Base Economic Unit in Sancti-Spíritus, at 07:00 a.m., bound for the “El Cedro” runway, to carry out agricultural fumigation work. After completing its second application flight, the aircraft, piloted by the captain on board Rubén Martínez Machado, did not return to the runway.

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Venezuelan airline Conviasa starts regular weekly flights to Cuba

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The Venezuelan airline Conviasa began regular flights to Cuba this Sunday, with a weekly frequency, revealed an official source. The president of the Venezuelan Consortium of Aeronautical Industries and Air Services (Conviasa), Ramón Celestino Velásquez, reported through his Twitter account that the company will link Havana with the state of Falcón, in the northwest of the South American country.

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All airports in the country continue to operate, reports ECASA

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0-08-aeropuerto-internacional-jose-marti-5-768x431The Cuban Airport and Airport Services Company (ECASA) reports that all the country’s airports continue to operate and continue in the recovery phase after Hurricane Ian passed through the national territory. This morning there was an impact on the technological systems that support the passenger check-in service, causing delays in the process by having to use alternative manual methods.

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Direct air routes between Cuba and Russia announced from October

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Russia and Cuba from next October 1 will once again be connected by direct air routes, which will reach the poles of Varadero and Cayo Coco, the tour operator Pegas Touristik reported. The entity detailed through a statement released by the Russian Tour Operators Agency that the program of flights with tourist packages is organized in association with the airline Nordwind Airlines. He also added that the destination of the Cuban resort of Varadero will be the first to be available to vacationers from the Eurasian nation, with a frequency of four per week, on the Moscow-Varadero route served by Boeing-777-300ER aircraft, with estimated travel time of 13 hours.

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Minute to Minute: Cuban President at site of accident

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The Ministry of Transport has confirmed that at 12:08pm today, a Boeing 737-200, leased by Cubana de Aviación, with a contracted foreign crew and 104 passengers aboard, traveling from Havana to Holguín on flight DMJ 0972, fell to the ground as it was taking off, in an area between José Martí International Airport and the town of Santiago de Las Vegas. Search and rescue teams are at the site.

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Aviation accident in Havana

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At 12:08 pm today, a Boeing 737-200, leased by Cubana de Aviación, with a contracted foreign crew and 104 passengers aboard, traveling from Havana to Holguín on flight DMJ 0972, fell to the ground as it was taking off, in an area between José Martí International Airport and the town of Santiago de Las Vegas