Cuba Travel Services, Inc., to Relaunch Weekly Non-Stop Flights from Los Angeles to Havana June 30
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WHO: Cuba Travel Services, Inc., Licensed Travel Service Provider to Cuba under the Office of Foreign Assets and Control
WHAT: Cuba Travel Services, Inc., to relaunch weekly non-stop flights from Los Angeles to Havana.
WHERE: Los Angeles International Airport
Terminal: 6 (Continental Airlines Ticket Counter)
Flight: CO 1923
WHEN: Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Check-in begins at 7:30am
Flights depart at 11:00am
WHY: To once again service the vast Cuban American constituency on the West Coast and travelers who qualify under the general license and/or are issued a specific license to travel to Cuba.
BACKGROUND:Cuba Travel Services, Inc. was forced to shut down their non-stop Los
Angeles to Havana flights due to the Bush administration imposing harsh travel
restrictions on family visits for Cuban Americans back in 2004.Within the first
100 days, the Obama administration reversed the Bush administration policy to
allow Cuban Americans to once again visit family annually and without
limitations on the definition of who is considered family.Having weekly
non-stops flights also allows for more accessible and safer travel since many
Cuban Americans recently have had to travel through Tijuana at a time when
traveling to Tijuana can come with travel risks.
In addition to servicing the Cuban American community on the West Coast under
the Office of Foreign Assets and Control and U.S. Treasury guidelines, Cuba
Travel Services, Inc. will be able to provide a more accessible route and
cost-effective travel services to journalists, government officials and
researchers that qualify under ageneral license and sports teams, religious
organizations, educational facilities and other organizations or individuals who
qualify for and are issued a specific license to travel.
Since 2000, Cuba Travel Services, Inc. has been the first charter company to fly
direct flights from Los Angeles to Havana. In 2003, the United States ranked 8th
in visitors per country of origin to Cuba with 84,529 visitors, dwindling down
to 37,233 in 2005 under the Bush administration`s changes to Cuban travel
regulations causing a limiting of visits and a cease of direct flights from
Miami, Los Angeles and New York.
Cuba Travel Services Inc. was formed by a group of Los Angeles business
professionals to specifically facilitate a better understanding between the U.S.
and Cuba in providing convenient and cost-effective travel to U.S. citizens who
qualify under the current U.S. Treasury regulations. Cuba Travel Services Inc.`s
headquarters is based in Long Beach, California and currently has offices in
Hato Rey, Puerto Rico and both Doral and Hialeah, Florida. For further
information on Cuba Travel Services, contact Michael Zuccato, 800-963-2822 or
visit http://www.CubaTravelServices.com
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