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Alaska Airlines to Offer Daily Nonstop Flights from LAX to Cuba
It was decades in the making, but in January, travel between Los Angeles and Cuba will become routine.
LOS ANGELES, CA -- Alaska Airlines will begin offering the only daily nonstop flights from Los Angeles to Havana starting Jan. 5.
Alaska was among several major carriers that applied for limited slots to fly into Cuba following an agreement by the U.S. and Cuba to relax travel restrictions in place for more than 50 years.
Alaska said in its application that flights from Los Angeles could serve an estimated 190,000 passengers per year from a U.S. city with one of the largest Cuban American populations outside of Florida, the Los Angeles Times reported.
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Alaska, which aims to become the dominant carrier on the West Coast with its planned acquisition of Virgin America, plans to fly a Boeing 737-900ER, which can carry as many as 180 passengers, departing each day at 8:50 a.m., with a return flight at 5:55 p.m.
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