Cuba, Russia renew
aviation alliance
Cuba and Russia renewed
their alliance with a
commitment to increase
cooperation in aviation
services and training,
according to Cuban media
reports Friday.
Longtime aviation
partners the Cuban Civil
Aeronautics Institute
and Russian Transport
Ministry signed a deal
which covers tourism,
cargo and passenger
services, the Cuban
official daily Granma
reported.
Visiting Russian
Transport Minister Igor
Yevgenyevich Levitin
said after the signing
ceremony, "We have
increased relations in
the delivery of Russian
aircraft and the
training and testing of
pilots, with an eye
toward a 20 percent
annual increase in
Russian tourists to this
country."
Cuba purchased five new
Russian aircraft last
year to serve the two
million visitors to Cuba
annually.
Levitin said he agreed
with his Cuban
counterpart Jorge Luis
Sierra to set up working
groups to look at rail
and maritime
transportation
cooperation.
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