--- description: U.S. airlines this week filed for permission to fly the first regularly scheduled routes to Cuba in over half a century. title: Here's Every Airline That Wants to Fly to Cuba image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta1b89eb1efdf4d1f/69888018bc6cfc56333dbfe1/gettyimages-461830344.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Aviation](/tag/aviation/) ## Aviation Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Here's Every Airline That Wants to Fly to Cuba  by [Alex Fitzpatrick](/author/alex-fitzpatrick/)  ## Alex Fitzpatrick Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 13, 2023 5:00 PM CUTPublished: Mar 3, 2016 4:14 PM CUT  Passengers walk across the tarmac at Jose Marti International Airport after arriving on a charter plane operated by American Airlines January 19, 2015 in Havana, Cuba. Passengers walk across the tarmac at Jose Marti International Airport after arriving on a charter plane operated by American Airlines January 19, 2015 in Havana, Cuba.Chip Somodevilla—Getty Images  by [Alex Fitzpatrick](/author/alex-fitzpatrick/)  ## Alex Fitzpatrick Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 13, 2023 5:00 PM CUTPublished: Mar 3, 2016 4:14 PM CUT U.S. airlines this week filed for permission to fly the first regularly scheduled routes to Cuba in over half a century. International service to and from the U.S. is tightly regulated. The number of applications for service to Havana in particular exceeded the amount of available routes, meaning regulators will have to distribute the flights among the airlines requesting access. Below is a list of the major U.S. airlines and their proposed Cuba service. These airlines could get permission to fly some or all of their requested routes, with flights potentially beginning as early as this fall. Air travel from the U.S. to Cuba is currently limited to chartered aircraft only. **American Airlines** Miami -> Havana: 10 Daily Flights Charlotte -> Havana: 1 Daily Flight Dallas/Fort Worth -> Havana: 1 Daily Flight Los Angeles -> Havana: 1 Weekly Flight Chicago -> Havana: 1 Weekly Flight Miami -> Santa Clara: 2 Daily Flights Miami -> Holguin: 2 Daily Flights Miami -> Varadero: 2 Daily Flights Miami -> Camaguey: 1 Daily Flight Miami -> Cienfuegos: 1 Daily Flight **Delta** Miami -> Havana: 2 Daily Flights Atlanta -> Havana: 1 Daily Flight New York JFK -> Havana: 1 Daily Flight Orlando -> Havana: 1 Daily Flight **JetBlue** New York JFK -> Havana: 2 Daily Flight2 Fort Lauderdale -> Havana: 4 Daily Flight2 Fort Lauderdale -> Camagüey: 1 Daily Flight Fort Lauderdale -> Holguin: 1 Daily Flight Fort Lauderdale -> Santa Clara: 1 Daily Flight Orlando -> Havana: 2 Daily Flights Tampa -> Havana: 2 Daily Flights Newark ->Havana: 1 Daily Flight Boston -> Havana: 1 Daily Flight **Southwest** Fort Lauderdale -> Havana: 6 Daily Flights Tampa -> Havana: 2 Daily Flights Orlando -> Havana: 1 Daily Flight Fort Lauderdale -> Varadero: 2 Daily Flights Fort Lauderdale -> Santa Clara: 1 Daily Flight **United** Newark -> Havana: 1 Daily Flight, Plus Extra Saturday Flight Houston -> Havana: 1 Weekly Flight Washington Dulles -> Havana: 1 Weekly Flight Chicago O’Hare -> Havana: 1 Weekly Flight **Alaska Airlines** Los Angeles -> Havana: 2 Daily Flights ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4246360/airlines-flying-cuba/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4246360/airlines-flying-cuba/"},"headline":"Here's Every Airline That Wants to Fly to Cuba","datePublished":"2016-03-03T16:14:10.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T17:00:42.000Z","description":"Service should begin this year","url":"https://time.com/4246360/airlines-flying-cuba/","keywords":["Aviation","Cuba topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta1b89eb1efdf4d1f/69888018bc6cfc56333dbfe1/gettyimages-461830344.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alex Fitzpatrick","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alex-fitzpatrick/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta1b89eb1efdf4d1f/69888018bc6cfc56333dbfe1/gettyimages-461830344.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US Restores Diplomatic Relations With Cuba","caption":"US Restores Diplomatic Relations With Cuba","creditText":"Chip Somodevilla—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/aviation/","name":"Aviation"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4246360/airlines-flying-cuba/","name":"Here's Every Airline That Wants to Fly to Cuba"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Tech Time: How Airplane Wifi Works","description":"Tech Time: How Airplane Wifi Works","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/lfTXbUYM/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-10-29T15:49:26.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/lfTXbUYM.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4246360/airlines-flying-cuba/","duration":"PT1M35S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4246360/airlines-flying-cuba/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```