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After six years, Cubana resumes direct flights between Costa Rica and Cuba

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The route will be flown by an Antonov An-158 aircraft, like the one pictured above. (Archive image / Oleg V. Belyakov / CC)

The route will be flown by an Antonov An-158 aircraft, like the one pictured above. (Archive image / Oleg V. Belyakov / CC)

November 17th, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) The first direct flight in six years by Cubana Airlines to Costa Rica landed at the Juan Santamaria International Airport Sunday morning.

 

Beginning yesterday, the airline now offers direct flights between San Jose and Havana on Thursdays and Sundays. The route will be flown by an Antonov 158 aircraft, with a capacity for 85 passengers. Cubana has not flown the route since 2008.

 

Representatives of the Costa Rican Tourism Institute (ICT) greeted the aircraft and crew upon arrival on Sunday.

 

Cubana Airlines general manager, Daniel Mendez, told reporters that the route with strengthen and enhance tourism between both of the countries.

 

The route will also facilitate the travel of Russian tourists to Costa Rica, with Cuba serving as a layover for Russian travelers.

 

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  • NorthendFool

    Please, there are no Russian tourist. Sanctions have stopped all tourism in countries near Russia. Russians dont even go to the black sea due to no money. Cuba is still trying to export their ridiculous communist agenda. I have talked to some people in Limon who are very sympathetic towards Cuba, in particular doctors who were trained there. Many of them just outright hate Americans.

    • HONEST MAN

      US Citizens are not the smartest bunch of people in the world. Welcome all Cubans and Russians to Costa Rica. US is a country that is almost dead.

      • TJ

        Seriously welcome all Russians?!?!?!…you don’t keep up to date do you? If you think Americans are rude, wait till you guys get non-tipping rich assholes from Russia. Trust me, I’ve worked in Asia to know how Russian tourists are. Anyways, you are a bigot and an ethnocentric a$$. All you do is post vitriol on the articles this site publishes. Do you just bitch and moan for a living? If you hate this place sooo much, get the fuck out or DO SOMETHING!!!! I have yet to hear you say something worthwhile.

    • Nels

      Shut the f* up, and stop showing off your ignorance

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