Originally posted by Wikinews. Wikinews content appears under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 license except where specified. As these articles are static snapshots of news items that may be later updated, they may not represent the latest or final revision of that article, and posted information may be only preliminary. US announces restrictions on flying to Cuba ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- October 27, 2019 Original URL: https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/US_announces_restrictions_on_flying_to_Cuba On Friday<!--October 25-->, the United States Department of Transportation announced new restrictions on flights to Cuba. The new policy, which is to take effect on December 10, prohibits all flights to Cuba, with the exception of flights to the international airport in Havana. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sent a letter requesting the new rules to Elaine Chao, the Secretary of Transportation; the new rules were released later the same day. In the letter, Pompeo cited the Cuban government's "ongoing repression of the Cuban people and its support for Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela" as his motivation. The new regulations do not apply to José Martí International Airport, for which Pompeo requested an exemption. Bruno Parrilla, the foreign affairs minister of Cuba, responded to the new rules via Twitter: "I strongly reject new #US blockade measure that bans #US airlines' flights to 9 Cuban airports [...] they won't extract any concession from us. We shall overcome!" According to CBS, the delayed implementation of the new policy provides airlines with 45 days to wind down Cuban operations. American Airlines and Jet Blue are among the airlines affected, as they both offer flights to Cuban cities other than Havana. The move was the Trump administration's latest application of pressure on Cuba's government, following improved bilateral relations during the presidency of Barack Obama. == Related news == * == Sources == * https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cuba-travel-ban-u-s-bans-flights-to-majority-of-cuban-cities/ * https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/u-s-bans-all-flights-cuba-outside-havana-latest-crackdown-n1072306 * https://havanatimes.org/news/trump-ends-flights-from-us-to-most-cuban-airports/