The US Department of Transportation, at the request of US
Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, suspended from January 10, 2020, until further
notice, all public charter flights between the US and Cuban
destinations other than Havana's José Martí
International Airport. Public charter flight operators will have a
60-day wind-down period to discontinue all affected flights.
Additionally, the Department will impose a cap on the number of
permitted public charter flights to José Martí
International Airport. The move is designed to prevent the Cuban
regime from benefitting from expanded charter service in the wake
of the October 2019 action suspending scheduled commercial air
service to Cuba's airports other than Havana.
